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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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..,-;=¤&## (SITUATION) ##&¤=;-,..
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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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