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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... %%*«~,,,,,
,,,,,,~«*% %*«~,,,,,,
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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) ¤%%*«~,,,,
,,,~«*%%¤@ @¤%%*«~,,,
,,~«*%%¤@# 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. %%*«~,,,,,
,,,,~«*%%¤ ¤%%*«~,,,,
,,,~«*%%¤@ @¤%%*«~,,,
,,~«*%%¤@# #@¤%%*«~,,
,~«*%%¤@## ##@¤%%*«~,
,,~«*%%¤@# #@¤%%*«~,,