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,,=;%$## TRAIN DREAM ###&$%;=,,
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,,,,,=%$## YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A RIFT - A ##$%=,,,,,
,,=;%$## CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG. ###&$%;=,,
,,=;%$&# TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, ##&&$%;=,,
,,=;%$## THICK AND READY TO SWALLOW YOU. THE SUN ###&$%;=,,
,,=;%$## IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT NONTHELESS ###&$%;=,,
,,=;%$## IT IS VERY BRIGHT - THE AIR FEELS LIGHT ###&$%;=,,
,,=;%$## BLUE, ALMOST WHITE. ###&$%;=,,
,,,,,,,;$# #$;,,,,,,,
,,,=;%$# ALONG THE SPAN OF THE CLEARING LAY TWO ##&$%;=,,,
,,=;%$$$$# PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD #$$$$%;=,,
,,,,=;%%&& METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY &&%%;=,,,,
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,,=;%$## THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... ###&$%;=,,
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,,=;%$## YOURE AT THE TRAIN STATION, ON A ###&$%;=,,
,,,==%$&&& CATWALK ABOVE THE RAILS. YOUR TRAIN IS &&&$%==,,,
,,=;%$## LATE, OR YOU ARE LATE TO THE TRAIN. ###&$%;=,,
,,=;%$## IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION ###&$%;=,,
,,=;%$## IS BUSY, FULL OF RELAXED CONFIDENCE. ###&$%;=,,
,,=;%$## ###&$%;=,,
,,=;%$## YOU'RE IN HIGH SPIRITS, ALTHOUGH A BIT ###&$%;=,,
,,,==;;% STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING #&%;;==,,,
,,=;%$$& UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE #&&$$%;=,,
,,=;%$## STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ###&$%;=,,
,,,,,,;%$& PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME &$%;,,,,,,
,,,,,;%$$# INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF #$$%;,,,,,
,,=;%$## STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, ###&$%;=,,
,,,=;%$&&& BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH &&&$%;=,,,
,,,,,=;$ SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE #&$;=,,,,,
,,=;%$## IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE? ###&$%;=,,
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,,=;%$## YOU'RE FINALLY ENTERING THE CITY. WHILE ###&$%;=,,
,,,,,=;$ IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN #&$;=,,,,,
,,,===;% YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS #&%;===,,,
,,,,,,,=%& BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! &%=,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,;$# SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, #$;,,,,,,,
,,=;%$## THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU SEE FIRST SMALL ###&$%;=,,
,,=;%$&& SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN #&&&$%;=,,
,,=;%$## PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM ###&$%;=,,
,,=;%$## TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ###&$%;=,,
,,=;%$## THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ###&$%;=,,
,,=;%$## MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE ###&$%;=,,
,,,,,,,;$# NETWORK... #$;,,,,,,,
,,=;%$## ###&$%;=,,
,,=;;%$$ 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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