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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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