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,:=*^$&### TRAIN DREAM ###&$^*=:,
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,:=*^$&### YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A RIFT - A ###&$^*=:,
,:=*^$&&## CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG. ##&&$^*=:,
,,,::==^$& TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, &$^==::,,,
,:=*^$&### THICK AND READY TO SWALLOW YOU. THE SUN ###&$^*=:,
,:=*^$&### IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT NONTHELESS ###&$^*=:,
,:=*^$$&&# IT IS VERY BRIGHT - THE AIR FEELS LIGHT #&&$$^*=:,
,:=*^$&### BLUE, ALMOST WHITE. ###&$^*=:,
,:=*^$&### ###&$^*=:,
,:=*^$&### ALONG THE SPAN OF THE CLEARING LAY TWO ###&$^*=:,
,:=*^$&### PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ###&$^*=:,
,:=*^$&### METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY ###&$^*=:,
,:=*^$&### THEY ARE. ###&$^*=:,
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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 #&^=,,,,,,
,:=*^$&### IS BUSY, FULL OF RELAXED CONFIDENCE. ###&$^*=:,
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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 &&^^*=:,,,
,,,,,=^$&# BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! #&$^=,,,,,
,:=*^$&### ###&$^*=:,
,:=*^$&### SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, ###&$^*=:,
,,,,,,=^$# THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU SEE FIRST SMALL #$^=,,,,,,
,:=*^$&### SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN ###&$^*=:,
,,,,,:**^& 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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