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#@@@¤%;~,. TRAIN DREAM .,~;%¤@@@#
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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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