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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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.-~%&§#@## ##@#§&%~-.
..-~%&§#@# 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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