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,^-=*¤@### ###@¤*=-^,
,^-=*¤@@@# #@@@¤*=-^,
,^-=*¤@### TRAIN DREAM ###@¤*=-^,
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,^-=*¤@### === ###@¤*=-^,
,^-=*¤@@## - ##@@¤*=-^,
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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... ###@¤*=-^,
,^-=*¤@### ###@¤*=-^,
,^-=*¤@### - ###@¤*=-^,
,^-=*¤@### ,,*,, ###@¤*=-^,
,^-=*¤@### - ###@¤*=-^,
,^-=*¤@### ###@¤*=-^,
,,^^-***@@ (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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,,,,^^=¤## ##¤=^^,,,,
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