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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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.&&...&&&. 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 .&&.......
&.&&...&&& MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE .&&&......
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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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