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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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