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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. &%%«~~~,,,
,,~««\\%&# #&%\\««~,,
,~«\%&&### ALONG THE SPAN OF THE CLEARING LAY TWO ###&&%\«~,
,,,,,«%%&& PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD &&%%«,,,,,
,~«\%&&### METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY ###&&%\«~,
,~«\%&&### THEY ARE. ###&&%\«~,
,~«\%%&&## ##&&%%\«~,
,~«\%&&&## THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... ##&&&%\«~,
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,~«\%&&### (SITUATION) ###&&%\«~,
,~«\%&&### ###&&%\«~,
,~«\%&#### 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. #&%\~,,,,,
,~«\%&&### ###&&%\«~,
,,,,~\&&## 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! ##&%\«,,,,
,~«\%&&### ###&&%\«~,
,,~««««\%& 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... ###&&%\«~,
,,,~\%%%&# #&%%%\~,,,
,,,,~~~\&& 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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