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,,,,,,,,,, TRAIN DREAM ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,=† (SITUATION) †=,,,,,,,,
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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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,,,,,,,,,, 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! ,,,,,,,,,,
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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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