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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 ,:~†*§&###
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##@&§*†~:, PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ,:~†*§&@##
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##@&§*†~:, 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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##@&§*†~:, STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ,:~†*§&@##
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#&&&§*†~:, INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ,:~†*§&&&#
##@&§*†~:, STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, ,:~†*§&@##
##@&§*†~:, BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ,:~†*§&@##
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&§†~,,,,,, 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, ,,,,~†*&@#
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##@&§*†~:, PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM ,:~†*§&@##
##@&§*†~:, TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ,:~†*§&@##
&&***†~,,, THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ,,,~†***&&
##@&§*†~:, MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE ,:~†*§&@##
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&§§§††~,,, NEEDED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. YOU ARE ,,,~††§§§&
##@&§*†~:, CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL ,:~†*§&@##
##@&§*†~:, YOU'RE MOVING UPWARD ALONG THE WALL OF ,:~†*§&@##
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