,,~=$%#¶## ##¶#%$=~,,
,,~=$%%##¶ ¶##%%$=~,,
,,~==$$%#¶ ¶#%$$==~,,
,,,,,~==%# #%==~,,,,,
,,,,,=%%#¶ ¶#%%=,,,,,
,,,,,~$$%# TRAIN DREAM #%$$~,,,,,
,,~=$#¶### ######,,,,,~,,,,##################### ###¶#$=~,,
,,~=$%#¶## === ##¶#%$=~,,
,,,,,,~~$# ~ #$~~,,,,,,
,,~=$%#¶## ~ ##¶#%$=~,,
,,,,,,=%%# #%%=,,,,,,
,,~=$%#### (SITUATION) ####%$=~,,
,,,,===%## ##%===,,,,
,,~=$%#¶## YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A RIFT - A ##¶#%$=~,,
,,~~==$#¶# CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG. #¶#$==~~,,
,,,,,~=$## TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, ##$=~,,,,,
,,~=$%#¶## THICK AND READY TO SWALLOW YOU. THE SUN ##¶#%$=~,,
,,,,,~$$#¶ IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT NONTHELESS ¶#$$~,,,,,
,,~~=$$#¶# IT IS VERY BRIGHT - THE AIR FEELS LIGHT #¶#$$=~~,,
,,~=$%#¶## BLUE, ALMOST WHITE. ##¶#%$=~,,
,,,,,,~~$# #$~~,,,,,,
,,~=$%#¶## ALONG THE SPAN OF THE CLEARING LAY TWO ##¶#%$=~,,
,,~=$%#### PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ####%$=~,,
,,~=$%#¶## METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY ##¶#%$=~,,
,,~=$%#¶¶# THEY ARE. #¶¶#%$=~,,
,,~=$%#¶## ##¶#%$=~,,
,,,,~~$##¶ THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... ¶##$~~,,,,
,,,,,~$$$# #$$$~,,,,,
,,,,,=$%## ~ ##%$=,,,,,
,,,,,=$%%# ,,$,, #%%$=,,,,,
,,~===$%## ~ ##%$===~,,
,,~=$%#¶## ##¶#%$=~,,
,,,,,,,=%# (SITUATION) #%=,,,,,,,
,,~==$%%#¶ ¶#%%$==~,,
,,,,,,,=%¶ YOURE AT THE TRAIN STATION, ON A ¶%=,,,,,,,
,,~=$%%%¶# 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? ##¶#%$=~,,
,,~=$%#¶## ##¶#%$=~,,
,,~=$%#¶## ~ ##¶#%$=~,,
,,~=$%#¶## ,,%,, ##¶#%$=~,,
,,~=$%#¶¶¶ ~ ¶¶¶#%$=~,,
,,~=$%#¶¶¶ ¶¶¶#%$=~,,
,,~=$%%%#¶ (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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