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..~\†§&### TRAIN DREAM ###&§†\~..
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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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..~\†§&#@# ..†.. #@#&§†\~..
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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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