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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) #@#&%§†~.,
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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. &§~,,,,,,,
,.~†§%&&&& &&&&%§†~.,
,,,,~†††%& 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... @@#&%§†~.,
,.~†§%&&&@ @&&&%§†~.,
,,,,.†%%#@ 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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