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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. ###&%*^=..
...==^^%## ##%^^==...
..=^*%&### 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. &*^.......
..=^*%&### ###&%*^=..
......=^*& 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) ###&%*^=..
..=^*%&### ###&%*^=..
..=^*%&&&# 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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..=^**%&&# #&&%**^=..
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