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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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###@&%^~:¨ (SITUATION) ¨:~^%&@###
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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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###@&%^~:¨ 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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