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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... ##¶¤§*=~,,
,,~~=**¤¤# #¤¤**=~~,,
,,~=*¤¶### ~ ###¶¤*=~,,
,,,,~~~*§¶ ,,*,, ¶§*~~~,,,,
,,~=*§¤¶## ~ ##¶¤§*=~,,
,,~=*§¤¶## ##¶¤§*=~,,
,,~=*§¶### (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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