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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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#@§%*-~,,, (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. ,~-*%§@###
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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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