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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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