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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 ,^~†^*@###
###@*^†~^, 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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