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,,,,^-^%$# TRAIN DREAM #$%^-^,,,,
,,,^-^%$## ######,,,,^-^^,,##################### ##$%^-^,,,
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,,,,^-^%$# (SITUATION) #$%^-^,,,,
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,,^-^%$### YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A RIFT - A ###$%^-^,,
,^-^%$#### CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG. ####$%^-^,
,,^-^%$### TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, ###$%^-^,,
,,,^-^%$## THICK AND READY TO SWALLOW YOU. THE SUN ##$%^-^,,,
,,,,^-^%$# IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT NONTHELESS #$%^-^,,,,
,,,^-^%$## IT IS VERY BRIGHT - THE AIR FEELS LIGHT ##$%^-^,,,
,,^-^%$### BLUE, ALMOST WHITE. ###$%^-^,,
,^-^%$#### ####$%^-^,
,,^-^%$### ALONG THE SPAN OF THE CLEARING LAY TWO ###$%^-^,,
,,,^-^%$## PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ##$%^-^,,,
,,,,^-^%$# METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY #$%^-^,,,,
,,,^-^%$## THEY ARE. ##$%^-^,,,
,,^-^%$### ###$%^-^,,
,^-^%$#### THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... ####$%^-^,
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,^-^%$#### (SITUATION) ####$%^-^,
,,^-^%$### ###$%^-^,,
,,,^-^%$## YOURE AT THE TRAIN STATION, ON A ##$%^-^,,,
,,,,^-^%$# CATWALK ABOVE THE RAILS. YOUR TRAIN IS #$%^-^,,,,
,,,^-^%$## LATE, OR YOU ARE LATE TO THE TRAIN. ##$%^-^,,,
,,^-^%$### IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION ###$%^-^,,
,^-^%$#### IS BUSY, FULL OF RELAXED CONFIDENCE. ####$%^-^,
,,^-^%$### ###$%^-^,,
,,,^-^%$## YOU'RE IN HIGH SPIRITS, ALTHOUGH A BIT ##$%^-^,,,
,,,,^-^%$# STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING #$%^-^,,,,
,,,^-^%$## UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE ##$%^-^,,,
,,^-^%$### STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ###$%^-^,,
,^-^%$#### PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME ####$%^-^,
,,^-^%$### INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ###$%^-^,,
,,,^-^%$## STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, ##$%^-^,,,
,,,,^-^%$# BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH #$%^-^,,,,
,,,^-^%$## SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE ##$%^-^,,,
,,^-^%$### IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE? ###$%^-^,,
,^-^%$#### ####$%^-^,
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,,^-^%$### (SITUATION) ###$%^-^,,
,^-^%$#### ####$%^-^,
,,^-^%$### YOU'RE FINALLY ENTERING THE CITY. WHILE ###$%^-^,,
,,,^-^%$## IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN ##$%^-^,,,
,,,,^-^%$# YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS #$%^-^,,,,
,,,^-^%$## BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! ##$%^-^,,,
,,^-^%$### ###$%^-^,,
,^-^%$#### SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, ####$%^-^,
,,^-^%$### THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU SEE FIRST SMALL ###$%^-^,,
,,,^-^%$## SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN ##$%^-^,,,
,,,,^-^%$# PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM #$%^-^,,,,
,,,^-^%$## TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ##$%^-^,,,
,,^-^%$### THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ###$%^-^,,
,^-^%$#### MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE ####$%^-^,
,,^-^%$### NETWORK... ###$%^-^,,
,,,^-^%$## ##$%^-^,,,
,,,,^-^%$# THE TRACKS LEAVE THE GROUND, WHICH IS #$%^-^,,,,
,,,^-^%$## NEEDED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. YOU ARE ##$%^-^,,,
,,^-^%$### CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL ###$%^-^,,
,^-^%$#### YOU'RE MOVING UPWARD ALONG THE WALL OF ####$%^-^,
,,^-^%$### A BUILDING. IT'S MADE OF SLABBY STONE, ###$%^-^,,
,,,^-^%$## WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES ##$%^-^,,,
,,,,^-^%$# LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS #$%^-^,,,,
,,,^-^%$## PITCH BLACK INSIDE. ##$%^-^,,,
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