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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. ####&%*=~¨
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¨~=*%&#### 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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¨¨~=*%&### = ###&%*=~¨¨
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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... ###&%*=~¨¨
¨~=*%&#### ####&%*=~¨
¨¨~=*%&### 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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