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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. @§^::,,,,,
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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. #@@&§^:«:,
,:«:^§&&&& &&&&§^:«:,
,,,««^§§&@ 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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