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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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