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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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