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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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§..§.§.§.§                (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. .§.§.§.§§.
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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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