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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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,,,,,^~:†# 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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