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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... ####$^;=-.
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...-=;^$## (SITUATION) ##$^;=-...
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.-=;^$#### 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! ##$^;=-...
....-=;^$# #$^;=-....
.....-=;^$ 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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