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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... ........,~
/~,....... .......,~/
^/~,...... 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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