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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 .,~^%§§###
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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 ......~%§#
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###§§%^~,. 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, .....~%%§§
§§%%%^^~,. THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU SEE FIRST SMALL .,~^^%%%§§
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###§§%^~,. TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR .,~^%§§###
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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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