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,~-^*@¤### ###¤@*^-~,
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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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