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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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¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@ (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) ¨@¨@¨@¨@@¨
¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@ ¨@¨@¨@¨¨@¨
@@¨@¨@¨@¨@ 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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