,:«**¤#@@# #@@#¤**«:,
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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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