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