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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. -:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:-/ /-:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:-/= 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) %=/-:,,,,,
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,,,,,,,:-/ 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) -:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,: :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, 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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