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.--^^§§*§§ §§*§§^^--.
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.--^§*§### ###§*§^--.
.....-^§*# TRAIN DREAM #*§^-.....
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.--^§*§### ^^^ ###§*§^--.
.--^§*§### - ###§*§^--.
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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. §§§§^--...
.--^§*§### ###§*§^--.
.--^§*§### 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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