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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! ..&&...&&.
&&&.&..&.. .&.&..&.&.
..&&&.&&.. 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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