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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 ,,,,,::%¤#
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#¤¤¤$%:~,, ALONG THE SPAN OF THE CLEARING LAY TWO ,,~:%$¤¤¤#
##@#$%:~,, PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ,,~:%$#@##
##@¤$%:~,, METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY ,,~:%$¤@##
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#@#¤$%:~,, CATWALK ABOVE THE RAILS. YOUR TRAIN IS ,,~:%$¤#@#
@¤$:~,,,,, LATE, OR YOU ARE LATE TO THE TRAIN. ,,,,,~:$¤@
#@#¤$%:~,, IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION ,,~:%$¤#@#
#@#¤$%:~,, IS BUSY, FULL OF RELAXED CONFIDENCE. ,,~:%$¤#@#
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###¤$%:~,, YOU'RE IN HIGH SPIRITS, ALTHOUGH A BIT ,,~:%$¤###
###¤$%:~,, STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING ,,~:%$¤###
#@#¤$%:~,, UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE ,,~:%$¤#@#
##@#¤$%:~, STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ,~:%$¤#@##
##@¤$%:~,, PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME ,,~:%$¤@##
#$%~,,,,,, INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ,,,,,,~%$#
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¤%:~,,,,,, BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ,,,,,,~:%¤
@¤%~,,,,,, SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE ,,,,,,~%¤@
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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 ,,~:%%%%¤@
@##¤$%:~,, LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS ,,~:%$¤##@
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