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^~.,,,,,,, YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A RIFT - A ,,,,,,,.~^
=^~.,,,,,, CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG. ,,,,,,.~^=
@=^~.,,,,, TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, ,,,,,.~^=@
@@=^~.,,,, THICK AND READY TO SWALLOW YOU. THE SUN ,,,,.~^=@@
#@@=^~.,,, IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT NONTHELESS ,,,.~^=@@#
##@@=^~.,, IT IS VERY BRIGHT - THE AIR FEELS LIGHT ,,.~^=@@##
###@@=^~., BLUE, ALMOST WHITE. ,.~^=@@###
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#@@=^~.,,, ALONG THE SPAN OF THE CLEARING LAY TWO ,,,.~^=@@#
@@=^~.,,,, PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ,,,,.~^=@@
@=^~.,,,,, METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY ,,,,,.~^=@
=^~.,,,,,, THEY ARE. ,,,,,,.~^=
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=^~.,,,,,, THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... ,,,,,,.~^=
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@@=^~.,,,, YOURE AT THE TRAIN STATION, ON A ,,,,.~^=@@
@=^~.,,,,, CATWALK ABOVE THE RAILS. YOUR TRAIN IS ,,,,,.~^=@
=^~.,,,,,, LATE, OR YOU ARE LATE TO THE TRAIN. ,,,,,,.~^=
^~.,,,,,,, IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION ,,,,,,,.~^
=^~.,,,,,, IS BUSY, FULL OF RELAXED CONFIDENCE. ,,,,,,.~^=
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@@=^~.,,,, YOU'RE IN HIGH SPIRITS, ALTHOUGH A BIT ,,,,.~^=@@
#@@=^~.,,, STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING ,,,.~^=@@#
##@@=^~.,, UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE ,,.~^=@@##
###@@=^~., STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ,.~^=@@###
##@@=^~.,, PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME ,,.~^=@@##
#@@=^~.,,, INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ,,,.~^=@@#
@@=^~.,,,, STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, ,,,,.~^=@@
@=^~.,,,,, BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ,,,,,.~^=@
=^~.,,,,,, SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE ,,,,,,.~^=
^~.,,,,,,, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE? ,,,,,,,.~^
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#@@=^~.,,, YOU'RE FINALLY ENTERING THE CITY. WHILE ,,,.~^=@@#
@@=^~.,,,, IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN ,,,,.~^=@@
@=^~.,,,,, YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS ,,,,,.~^=@
=^~.,,,,,, BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! ,,,,,,.~^=
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=^~.,,,,,, SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, ,,,,,,.~^=
@=^~.,,,,, THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU SEE FIRST SMALL ,,,,,.~^=@
@@=^~.,,,, SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN ,,,,.~^=@@
#@@=^~.,,, PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM ,,,.~^=@@#
##@@=^~.,, TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ,,.~^=@@##
###@@=^~., THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ,.~^=@@###
##@@=^~.,, MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE ,,.~^=@@##
#@@=^~.,,, NETWORK... ,,,.~^=@@#
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@=^~.,,,,, THE TRACKS LEAVE THE GROUND, WHICH IS ,,,,,.~^=@
=^~.,,,,,, NEEDED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. YOU ARE ,,,,,,.~^=
^~.,,,,,,, CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL ,,,,,,,.~^
=^~.,,,,,, YOU'RE MOVING UPWARD ALONG THE WALL OF ,,,,,,.~^=
@=^~.,,,,, A BUILDING. IT'S MADE OF SLABBY STONE, ,,,,,.~^=@
@@=^~.,,,, WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES ,,,,.~^=@@
#@@=^~.,,, LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS ,,,.~^=@@#
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