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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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