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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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,,,,,:-=%£ ,,%,, £%=-:,,,,,
,,,,:-=%£# - #£%=-:,,,,
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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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,,,,:-=%£# #£%=-:,,,,
,,,:-=%£#@ (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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