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###&%*=~,. TRAIN DREAM .,~=*%&###
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###&%*=~,. (SITUATION) .,~=*%&###
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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. .,~=*%&###
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#&*~...... 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. .,~=*%&###
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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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####%*=~,. (SITUATION) .,~=*%####
##&%**=~,. .,~=**%&##
####%*=~,. 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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