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,,,:»»†††# #†††»»:,,,
,:::::†&&# TRAIN DREAM #&&†:::::,
,,,:»::&@@ ######,,,,:»::,,##################### @@&::»:,,,
,:»:†&#### ::: ####&†:»:,
,:»:††&&## » ##&&††:»:,
,:»:†&#### » ####&†:»:,
,:»:†&#@## ##@#&†:»:,
,,,:»»††#@ (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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