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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! .~==†§¤@##
¤§===..... .....===§¤
@@§=~..... 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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