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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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¨:~^%¤§#@@ (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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¨:~^%¤§§§§ (SITUATION) §§§§¤%^~:¨
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¨¨¨¨~%¤¤§§ 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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