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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 ####*=*~,.
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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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.....~=### 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 ###=*~,...
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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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