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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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%$:=^,,,,, ALONG THE SPAN OF THE CLEARING LAY TWO ,,,,,^=:$%
$:=^,,,,,, PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ,,,,,,^=:$
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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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#%$:=^,,,, YOU'RE IN HIGH SPIRITS, ALTHOUGH A BIT ,,,,^=:$%#
##%$:=^,,, STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING ,,,^=:$%##
###%$:=^,, UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE ,,^=:$%###
####%$:=^, STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ,^=:$%####
###%$:=^,, PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME ,,^=:$%###
##%$:=^,,, INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ,,,^=:$%##
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%$:=^,,,,, BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ,,,,,^=:$%
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,,,,,,,,,, YOU'RE FINALLY ENTERING THE CITY. WHILE ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! ,,,,,,,,,,
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=^,,,,,,,, SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, ,,,,,,,,^=
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%$:=^,,,,, PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM ,,,,,^=:$%
#%$:=^,,,, TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ,,,,^=:$%#
##%$:=^,,, THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ,,,^=:$%##
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%$:=^,,,,, CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL ,,,,,^=:$%
$:=^,,,,,, YOU'RE MOVING UPWARD ALONG THE WALL OF ,,,,,,^=:$
:=^,,,,,,, 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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