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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 ¶%%$$=....
..=*$%¤¶@# STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL #@¶¤%$*=..
.....=*%¶@ PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME @¶%*=.....
....===*%¤ INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ¤%*===....
.......*%¶ STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, ¶%*.......
......*%¤@ BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH @¤%*......
..=*$%¤¶@# SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE #@¶¤%$*=..
......**%¤ IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE? ¤%**......
..=***$$%¶ ¶%$$***=..
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....=*$¤¶@ ..%.. @¶¤$*=....
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..=*$%¤¶@# #@¶¤%$*=..
.....=*%%¶ (SITUATION) ¶%%*=.....
..=*$%¤¶@@ @@¶¤%$*=..
..=*$%¤¶@@ YOU'RE FINALLY ENTERING THE CITY. WHILE @@¶¤%$*=..
.......=$¤ IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN ¤$=.......
..=*$%¤¶@# YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS #@¶¤%$*=..
..=*$%¤@## BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! ##@¤%$*=..
..=*$%¤¶@# #@¶¤%$*=..
.....=*%¤@ SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, @¤%*=.....
..=*$%¤¶@# THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU SEE FIRST SMALL #@¶¤%$*=..
..=*$%¤¶@# SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN #@¶¤%$*=..
..=*$%¤¶@# PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM #@¶¤%$*=..
..=*$%¤¶@# TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR #@¶¤%$*=..
..=*$%¤¶@# THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN #@¶¤%$*=..
.....=$%¤@ MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE @¤%$=.....
...===*%¶¶ NETWORK... ¶¶%*===...
..=*$%¤¶@@ @@¶¤%$*=..
..=***%%¤¶ THE TRACKS LEAVE THE GROUND, WHICH IS ¶¤%%***=..
....==$$%¤ 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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