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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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