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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. ,,~=%*&@##
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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. ,,~=%*&@##
##@&*%=~,, ,,~=%*&@##
@*=~,,,,,, 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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