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###§*†*=:, TRAIN DREAM ,:=*†*§###
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#§*†*=:,,, *** ,,,:=*†*§#
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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... ,,,,:=*†*§
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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. ,,,,:=*†*§
#§*†*=:,,, ,,,:=*†*§#
##§*†*=:,, 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) ,,,:=*†*§#
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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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