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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. $†*=......
.....=*†$# #$†*=.....
....=*†$#@ 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, $†*=......
.......=*† BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH †*=.......
........=* SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE *=........
.........= IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE? =.........
........=* *=........
.......=*† = †*=.......
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.....=*†$# = #$†*=.....
....=*†$#@ @#$†*=....
...=*†$#@@ (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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