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,,,,,-\\%# TRAIN DREAM #%\\-,,,,,
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,-=\=%#### = ####%=\=-,
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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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,-=\=%#### = ####%=\=-,
,-=\=%#### ####%=\=-,
,-=\=%#### (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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,-=\=%#### ####%=\=-,