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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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