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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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