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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 ¨¨¨¨¨~^=@§
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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 ¨.~^=@§@##
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##@§@=^~.¨ IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION ¨.~^=@§@##
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##@§@=^~.¨ YOU'RE IN HIGH SPIRITS, ALTHOUGH A BIT ¨.~^=@§@##
§§@^^^~~.¨ STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING ¨.~~^^^@§§
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§@^.¨¨¨¨¨¨ STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ¨¨¨¨¨¨.^@§
##@§@=^~.¨ PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME ¨.~^=@§@##
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##@§@=^~.¨ STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, ¨.~^=@§@##
##@§@=^~.¨ BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ¨.~^=@§@##
###§@=^~.¨ SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE ¨.~^=@§###
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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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##@§@=^~.¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨~~^=@§
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@@§=^.¨¨¨¨ 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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