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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.                 ,§,,§,§,§,
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§§,§,§,§,§ THEY   EMIT  A  HIGH  PITCHED   WHINE... ,§,,§,§,§,
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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. ,§,,§,§,§,
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§§,§,§,§,§ 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)                ,§,§§,§,§,
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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! ,§,,§,§,§,
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§§,§,§,§,§ 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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