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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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.-~^*$&¶## (SITUATION) ##¶&$*^~-.
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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 ¶&*~......
.-~^***$$¶ IS BUSY, FULL OF RELAXED CONFIDENCE. ¶$$***^~-.
.....-^*&# #&*^-.....
.-~^*$&¶## YOU'RE IN HIGH SPIRITS, ALTHOUGH A BIT ##¶&$*^~-.
.-~^*$&¶## STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING ##¶&$*^~-.
.-~^*$&¶## UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE ##¶&$*^~-.
.-~^*$&¶## STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ##¶&$*^~-.
.-~^*$&¶## PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME ##¶&$*^~-.
.-~^*$&¶¶¶ INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ¶¶¶&$*^~-.
.-~^*$&¶## STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, ##¶&$*^~-.
.-~^*$&¶## BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ##¶&$*^~-.
....-~~^*& SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE &*^~~-....
.-~^*$&### IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE? ###&$*^~-.
.-~^*$&¶## ##¶&$*^~-.
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.-~^*$&¶## --$-- ##¶&$*^~-.
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.-~^*$&¶## (SITUATION) ##¶&$*^~-.
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.-~^*$&¶## 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 #¶¶&$*^~-.
....--~^*& MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE &*^~--....
.....-~*&¶ NETWORK... ¶&*~-.....
.-~^*$&¶## ##¶&$*^~-.
.-~^*$&¶¶# 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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