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,~»*§$#@## TRAIN DREAM ##@#$§*»~,
,~»*§$#@## ######,,,,~»~~,,##################### ##@#$§*»~,
,~»*§$#@@# *** #@@#$§*»~,
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,,~~~»»§$@ (SITUATION) @$§»»~~~,,
,,,,,,»§## ##§»,,,,,,
,,,,»»*$## YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A RIFT - A ##$*»»,,,,
,,,,,~»*§# CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG. #§*»~,,,,,
,,,~~»§$@@ TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, @@$§»~~,,,
,~»*§$#@## THICK AND READY TO SWALLOW YOU. THE SUN ##@#$§*»~,
,,~~~»*$## IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT NONTHELESS ##$*»~~~,,
,,,~~»*$#@ IT IS VERY BRIGHT - THE AIR FEELS LIGHT @#$*»~~,,,
,»*§$#@### BLUE, ALMOST WHITE. ###@#$§*»,
,~»*§$#@## ##@#$§*»~,
,,,,,~**$@ ALONG THE SPAN OF THE CLEARING LAY TWO @$**~,,,,,
,~»*§$#### PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ####$§*»~,
,,,,,,~*$@ METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY @$*~,,,,,,
,,,,,~*$#@ THEY ARE. @#$*~,,,,,
,,,,,,~*§# #§*~,,,,,,
,~»*§$#@## THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... ##@#$§*»~,
,~»*§$#@@@ @@@#$§*»~,
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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 ##§»~,,,,,
,~»*§$#@## CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL ##@#$§*»~,
,~»*§$#@## YOU'RE MOVING UPWARD ALONG THE WALL OF ##@#$§*»~,
,~»*§$#### A BUILDING. IT'S MADE OF SLABBY STONE, ####$§*»~,
,~»*§$#@## WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES ##@#$§*»~,
,,,,»»§$#@ LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS @#$§»»,,,,
,,,~**$##@ PITCH BLACK INSIDE. @##$**~,,,
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