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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. =«:.......
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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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