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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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