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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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###@**^=,¨ LATE, OR YOU ARE LATE TO THE TRAIN. ¨,=^**@###
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#@@*^,,,¨¨ YOU'RE IN HIGH SPIRITS, ALTHOUGH A BIT ¨¨,,,^*@@#
###@**^=,¨ STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING ¨,=^**@###
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###@**^=,¨ 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 ¨,=^**@###
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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 ¨,=^**@###
#**^^,¨¨¨¨ 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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