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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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