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,,:~:$*@## TRAIN DREAM ##@*$:~:,,
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,,:~:$*@## (SITUATION) ##@*$:~:,,
,:~:$*@### ###@*$:~:,
,,:~:$*@## YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A RIFT - A ##@*$:~:,,
,:~:$*@### CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG. ###@*$:~:,
,,:~:$*@## TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, ##@*$:~:,,
,:~:$*@### THICK AND READY TO SWALLOW YOU. THE SUN ###@*$:~:,
,,:~:$*@## IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT NONTHELESS ##@*$:~:,,
,:~:$*@### IT IS VERY BRIGHT - THE AIR FEELS LIGHT ###@*$:~:,
,,:~:$*@## BLUE, ALMOST WHITE. ##@*$:~:,,
,:~:$*@### ###@*$:~:,
,,:~:$*@## ALONG THE SPAN OF THE CLEARING LAY TWO ##@*$:~:,,
,:~:$*@### PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ###@*$:~:,
,,:~:$*@## METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY ##@*$:~:,,
,:~:$*@### THEY ARE. ###@*$:~:,
,,:~:$*@## ##@*$:~:,,
,:~:$*@### THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... ###@*$:~:,
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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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,:~:$*@### ###@*$:~:,
,,:~:$*@## (SITUATION) ##@*$:~:,,
,:~:$*@### ###@*$:~:,
,,:~:$*@## YOU'RE FINALLY ENTERING THE CITY. WHILE ##@*$:~:,,
,:~:$*@### IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN ###@*$:~:,
,,:~:$*@## YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS ##@*$:~:,,
,:~:$*@### BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! ###@*$:~:,
,,:~:$*@## ##@*$:~:,,
,:~:$*@### SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, ###@*$:~:,
,,:~:$*@## THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU SEE FIRST SMALL ##@*$:~:,,
,:~:$*@### SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN ###@*$:~:,
,,:~:$*@## PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM ##@*$:~:,,
,:~:$*@### TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ###@*$:~:,
,,:~:$*@## THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ##@*$:~:,,
,:~:$*@### MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE ###@*$:~:,
,,:~:$*@## NETWORK... ##@*$:~:,,
,:~:$*@### ###@*$:~:,
,,:~:$*@## THE TRACKS LEAVE THE GROUND, WHICH IS ##@*$:~:,,
,:~:$*@### NEEDED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. YOU ARE ###@*$:~:,
,,:~:$*@## CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL ##@*$:~:,,
,:~:$*@### YOU'RE MOVING UPWARD ALONG THE WALL OF ###@*$:~:,
,,:~:$*@## A BUILDING. IT'S MADE OF SLABBY STONE, ##@*$:~:,,
,:~:$*@### WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES ###@*$:~:,
,,:~:$*@## LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS ##@*$:~:,,
,:~:$*@### PITCH BLACK INSIDE. ###@*$:~:,
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