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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. .&.&..&..&
.&.&.&..&. .&.&.&&.&&
.&.&.&.&&. 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. .&.&..&..&
.&.&.&..&. .&.&.&&.&&
.&.&.&.&&. 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... .&.&.&&.&&
.&.&.&.&&. .&.&..&..&
.&.&.&..&. 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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