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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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