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......~~\§ TRAIN DREAM §\~~......
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....~~\§$# YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A RIFT - A #$§\~~....
.....~~\§$ 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. ###$§\~~..
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..~~\§$### 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... ###$§\~~..
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..~~\§$### 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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