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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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###$=;«:.. THEY ARE. ..:«;=$###
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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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