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¨¨~=*%## TRAIN DREAM ###&%*=~¨¨
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¨¨~=*%## *** ###&%*=~¨¨
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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. ###&%*=~¨¨
¨~=*%### ####&%*=~¨
¨¨~=*%## 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) ###&%*=~¨¨
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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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