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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. %§^~,.....
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.......,~^ 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. ~,........
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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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