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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 ,,,,,,^»:%
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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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