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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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..&&&&&&&. 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 ..&&...&&.
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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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