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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. ¶¶§===~~,,
,,,~~==§¶¶ ¶¶§==~~,,,
,,~~==§@¶# 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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,,~===§@@# (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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