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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. ,,,,,,,,,,
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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. \~,,,,,,,,
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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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,,,,,,,,,~ 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... ^\~,,,,,,,
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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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