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,,~;%&#### ####&%;~,,
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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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,,,,~;%@@# ,,@,, #@@%;~,,,,
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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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