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