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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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,-=:$$#### ,,$,, ####$$:=-,
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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? ###&$$:=-,
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,-=:$$$$$& YOU'RE FINALLY ENTERING THE CITY. WHILE &$$$$$:=-,
,,,,,-:$&# IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN #&$:-,,,,,
,-=:$$$&## 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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