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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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