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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. @¶*††««^..
.^«†=*#¶@# #@¶#*=†«^.
.^«†=#¶@## YOU'RE IN HIGH SPIRITS, ALTHOUGH A BIT ##@¶#=†«^.
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.^«†=*#¶@@ 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 #@¶#*=†«^.
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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! #@¶#*=†«^.
.....^^†*# #*†^^.....
.^«†=*#¶@@ 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... @@¶#*=†«^.
.......«=# #=«.......
.....^^†=# 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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