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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. @^^*::,,,,
,:--**^@@@ @@@^**--:,
,:-*^$@@@@ THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... @@@@$^*-:,
,,,,::*$@@ @@$*::,,,,
,:-*^$@@@@ - @@@@$^*-:,
,:-*^$@@@# ,,^,, #@@@$^*-:,
,:-*^$@@@@ - @@@@$^*-:,
,:-*^$@@@# #@@@$^*-:,
,,,,:***^@ (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, @@@^--,,,,
,:-*^$@@## BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ##@@$^*-:,
,:-*^$@@## SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE ##@@$^*-:,
,:-*^^^^$@ IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE? @$^^^^*-:,
,:-*^$@@@# #@@@$^*-:,
,:-*^$@@## - ##@@$^*-:,
,:-*^$@@## ::$:: ##@@$^*-:,
,:-*^$@@@# - #@@@$^*-:,
,:-*^$@@@# #@@@$^*-:,
,:-*^^^^@@ (SITUATION) @@^^^^*-:,
,:-*^$@@@# #@@@$^*-:,
,,,,,,-*$@ 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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,:-*^$@@## ##@@$^*-:,
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