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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. %†==,.....
....,==†%¤ ¤%†==,....
...,==†%¤# 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. @#¤%†==,..
.,==†%¤#@# #@#¤%†==,.
..,==†%¤#@ 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! †==,......
.......,== ==,.......
........,= 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 #@#¤%†==,.
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....,==†%¤ 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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