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,^=;*%¤@## ##@¤%*;=^,
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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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,,,,=***¤@ = @¤***=,,,,
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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? ##@¤%*;=^,
,^=;*%¤@## ##@¤%*;=^,
,^=;*%¤@## = ##@¤%*;=^,
,,,^;**%@# ^^%^^ #@%**;^,,,
,,,,=**%¤¤ = ¤¤%**=,,,,
,^=;*%¤@## ##@¤%*;=^,
,^=;*%@### (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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