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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. ##¶#&**~-.
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....-~**## 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) ##¶#&**~-.
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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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