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#&%^=^,,,, TRAIN DREAM ,,,,^=^%&#
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#&%^=^,,,, (SITUATION) ,,,,^=^%&#
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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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&%^=^,,,,, (SITUATION) ,,,,,^=^%&
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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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#&%^=^,,,, (SITUATION) ,,,,^=^%&#
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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 ,,^=^%&#@#
##@#&%^=^, PITCH BLACK INSIDE. ,^=^%&#@##
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