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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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,,,^~:*#¶# 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! ###¶#*:~^,
,,^~:*#¶## ##¶#*:~^,,
,,,^~:*#¶# 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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