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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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¶&&*:=,,,, 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 ,,,=:*&&¶#
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#¶&&*:=,,, 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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