,,:-==$§## ##§$==-:,,
,:-==$§### ###§$==-:,
,,:-==$§## ##§$==-:,,
,,,:-==$§# #§$==-:,,,
,,,,:-==$§ §$==-:,,,,
,,,,,:-==$ 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 $==-:,,,,,
,,,,,,:-== PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ==-:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:-= METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY =-:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:- THEY ARE. -:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,: :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:- THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... -:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:-= =-:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:-== - ==-:,,,,,,
,,,,,:-==$ ,,=,, $==-:,,,,,
,,,,:-==$§ - §$==-:,,,,
,,,:-==$§# #§$==-:,,,
,,:-==$§## (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. §$==-:,,,,
,,,:-==$§# #§$==-:,,,
,,:-==$§## ##§$==-:,,
,:-==$§### ###§$==-:,
,,:-==$§## ##§$==-:,,
,,,:-==$§# #§$==-:,,,