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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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