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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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#¶#%†=~^,, 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 ,,,,,,,,^~
=~^,,,,,,, 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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