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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. #@@#¤*:=:¨
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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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¨:=:*¤#@@@ @@@#¤*:=:¨
¨¨¨¨¨==:¤@ 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) @@@#¤*:=:¨
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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! @@#¤:==¨¨¨
¨¨¨:::***# #***:::¨¨¨
¨:=:*¤#@@# 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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