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##§**:«~,, TRAIN DREAM ,,~«:**§##
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*:«~,,,,,, (SITUATION) ,,,,,,~«:*
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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. ,,,,,~«:**
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:«~,,,,,,, THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... ,,,,,,,~«:
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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. ,,,,,~«:**
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:«~,,,,,,, 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! ,,,~«:**§#
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###§**:«~, 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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