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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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#@#*=†~:,, 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 ,,,,,:~†=*
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