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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. ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, 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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,,,,,,,,,, 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! ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, 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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