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,,,-~††*§£ TRAIN DREAM £§*††~-,,,
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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) §*††~-,,,,
,,,-~††*§£ £§*††~-,,,
,,-~††*§£# 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... £§*††~-,,,
,,,,-~††*§ §*††~-,,,,
,,,,,-~††* 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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