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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 ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨¨§¨§¨ PITCH BLACK INSIDE. ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
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