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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. #¶§$§/=^,,
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,,^=/§$§¶# 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? ##¶§$§/=^,
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,,,,,,,^=/ (SITUATION) /=^,,,,,,,
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,,,,,^=/§$ 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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