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....-^$&&# TRAIN DREAM #&&$^-....
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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. #@&*^»....
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.-»^*$&@## ALONG THE SPAN OF THE CLEARING LAY TWO ##@&$*^»-.
.-»^*$&@## PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ##@&$*^»-.
.-»^*$&@## METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY ##@&$*^»-.
.-»^*$&@## THEY ARE. ##@&$*^»-.
...»^^$$&@ @&$$^^»...
.-»^*$&@## THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... ##@&$*^»-.
.-»^*$&@## ##@&$*^»-.
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.-»^*$&@## ..*.. ##@&$*^»-.
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.-»^*$&@## (SITUATION) ##@&$*^»-.
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....-»**&@ 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 #&*^^»-...
....-^*$&@ MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE @&$*^-....
.-»^*$$$&# NETWORK... #&$$$*^»-.
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......»**& 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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