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,~=;*$$$¤# #¤$$$*;=~,
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,,,,,=*¤¤@ @¤¤*=,,,,,
,~=;*$¤### TRAIN DREAM ###¤$*;=~,
,,,,~=*$¤¤ ######,,,,~=~~,,##################### ¤¤$*=~,,,,
,~=;*$¤@## ;;; ##@¤$*;=~,
,,,,,==;*¤ = ¤*;==,,,,,
,~=;*$¤@## = ##@¤$*;=~,
,~=;*$¤@## ##@¤$*;=~,
,~=;*$@### (SITUATION) ###@$*;=~,
,~=;*$@### ###@$*;=~,
,~=;*$¤¤@@ YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A RIFT - A @@¤¤$*;=~,
,,,,,,~;*¤ 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... ¤¤****;=~,
,~=;*$¤@## ##@¤$*;=~,
,~=;*$¤@## = ##@¤$*;=~,
,~=;*$¤@## ,,*,, ##@¤$*;=~,
,~=;*$¤@## = ##@¤$*;=~,
,~=;*$¤@## ##@¤$*;=~,
,~=;*$@### (SITUATION) ###@$*;=~,
,~=;*$¤@## ##@¤$*;=~,
,~=;*$¤@## YOURE AT THE TRAIN STATION, ON A ##@¤$*;=~,
,,,~==*$@# CATWALK ABOVE THE RAILS. YOUR TRAIN IS #@$*==~,,,
,,,~~;$$$@ LATE, OR YOU ARE LATE TO THE TRAIN. @$$$;~~,,,
,~=;**$$¤@ IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION @¤$$**;=~,
,,,~;**$$@ IS BUSY, FULL OF RELAXED CONFIDENCE. @$$**;~,,,
,,~===;$$¤ ¤$$;===~,,
,~=;*$¤@## YOU'RE IN HIGH SPIRITS, ALTHOUGH A BIT ##@¤$*;=~,
,~=;*$¤@## STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING ##@¤$*;=~,
,,,~=;;$¤¤ UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE ¤¤$;;=~,,,
,~===;$$¤@ STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL @¤$$;===~,
,,,~;*$$$@ PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME @$$$*;~,,,
,,,,,=*$¤¤ INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ¤¤$*=,,,,,
,~=;*$¤@## STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, ##@¤$*;=~,
,,,~==*¤¤@ BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH @¤¤*==~,,,
,~=;*$¤### SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE ###¤$*;=~,
,~=;*$¤@## IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE? ##@¤$*;=~,
,,,,=*$¤¤# #¤¤$*=,,,,
,~=;*$¤@@# = #@@¤$*;=~,
,,,,,,=*¤# ~~$~~ #¤*=,,,,,,
,,,=;*$$¤¤ = ¤¤$$*;=,,,
,~=;*$¤@@@ @@@¤$*;=~,
,~=;*$¤@## (SITUATION) ##@¤$*;=~,
,,,,,,~;*¤ ¤*;~,,,,,,
,~=;*$¤@## YOU'RE FINALLY ENTERING THE CITY. WHILE ##@¤$*;=~,
,~=;*$¤¤¤# IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN #¤¤¤$*;=~,
,~=;*$$$$¤ YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS ¤$$$$*;=~,
,,,,,,~;*¤ BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! ¤*;~,,,,,,
,,,,,=***¤ ¤***=,,,,,
,,,,==*¤¤@ SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, @¤¤*==,,,,
,~=;*$¤@## THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU SEE FIRST SMALL ##@¤$*;=~,
,~=;*$¤@## SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN ##@¤$*;=~,
,~=;*$¤@## PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM ##@¤$*;=~,
,~=;*$¤@## TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ##@¤$*;=~,
,~=;*$¤@## THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ##@¤$*;=~,
,~=;*$¤@## MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE ##@¤$*;=~,
,~=;*$¤@## NETWORK... ##@¤$*;=~,
,~=;$¤@### ###@¤$;=~,
,~=;*$¤@## THE TRACKS LEAVE THE GROUND, WHICH IS ##@¤$*;=~,
,,,,~=*$$¤ 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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