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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 .,~†=%#@##
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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, ....~†%#@#
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#@%†,..... 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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