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,,~†%§#@## TRAIN DREAM ##@#§%†~,,
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,,,,~†%§#@ (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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,,,~†%§#@# ~ #@#§%†~,,,
,,~†%§#@## ,,%,, ##@#§%†~,,
,,,~†%§#@# ~ #@#§%†~,,,
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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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