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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) »:,,,,,,,,
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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. ###*§:»:,,
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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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,,,,:»:§*# #*§:»:,,,,
,,,:»:§*## (SITUATION) ##*§:»:,,,
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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! #*§:»:,,,,
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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... :»:,,,,,,,
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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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