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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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