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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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,,,,,~=%£& (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. &£%=~,,,,,
,,,,,,~=%£ £%=~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~=% 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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,,,,~=%£&# (SITUATION) #&£%=~,,,,
,,,,,~=%£& &£%=~,,,,,
,,,,,,~=%£ 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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