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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. ,,:»:%@###
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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) ,,,:»:%@##
###@%:»:,, ,,:»:%@###
####@%:»:, 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! ,,,:»:%@##
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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... ,,,,,,,,:»
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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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