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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 #*-.......
.~-/*$#### BLUE, ALMOST WHITE. ####$*/-~.
.~-/*$#### ####$*/-~.
...~-*$$$# ALONG THE SPAN OF THE CLEARING LAY TWO #$$$*-~...
.~-/*$#### PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ####$*/-~.
.~-/*$#### METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY ####$*/-~.
.~-/*$#### THEY ARE. ####$*/-~.
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.~-///$$## THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... ##$$///-~.
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.~-/*$#### (SITUATION) ####$*/-~.
.~-/*$#### ####$*/-~.
.~-/*$#### YOURE AT THE TRAIN STATION, ON A ####$*/-~.
.....~-*$# CATWALK ABOVE THE RAILS. YOUR TRAIN IS #$*-~.....
....~/**## 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 ##**-.....
.~-/*$#### YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS ####$*/-~.
.~-/*$#### BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! ####$*/-~.
.~-/*$#### ####$*/-~.
.~-/*$#### SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, ####$*/-~.
.~-/*$#### THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU SEE FIRST SMALL ####$*/-~.
.~-/*$#### SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN ####$*/-~.
....~~-*## 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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