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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 ¨~»††&¤@##
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