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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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