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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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