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,^«=$#@### TRAIN DREAM ###@#$=«^,
,^«=$@## ######,,,,^«^^,,##################### ##@#&$=«^,
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,^«=$$## (SITUATION) ###&$$=«^,
,^«=$@## ##@#&$=«^,
,^«=$@## YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A RIFT - A ##@#&$=«^,
,^«=$$$#@@ CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG. @@#$$$=«^,
,,,^«==&&@ 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. #&$=«^,,,,
,,,,,^=&&@ @&&=^,,,,,
,,,^==$& 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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