,-~=%§@@## ##@@§%=~-,
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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. #@@@§%=~-,
,-~=%§@@## ##@@§%=~-,
,-~=%§@### ###@§%=~-,
,,,-=%§@@@ @@@§%=-,,,
,,,,-~%§@# #@§%~-,,,,
,-~=%§@@## ##@@§%=~-,