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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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¨,~\††%@@# 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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