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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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