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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) ,~»:†%@###
#@†:»»~~,, ,,~~»»:†@#
###@%†:»~, 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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@%†»»,,,,, 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... ,,,~»»»:%@
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@†»,,,,,,, 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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