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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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