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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 .,~\*%@###
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###@%*\~,. 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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