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.,~:$§§@@# #@@§§$:~,.
.,~:$§§@@# TRAIN DREAM #@@§§$:~,.
.,~:$§§@@@ ######....,~,,..##################### @@@§§$:~,.
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....,~$§@@ (SITUATION) @@§$~,....
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...,,,:$§@ YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A RIFT - A @§$:,,,...
....~$$$§§ CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG. §§$$$~....
...,:$$§§@ TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, @§§$$:,...
.....~$§§§ THICK AND READY TO SWALLOW YOU. THE SUN §§§$~.....
......~:§§ 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 §§§:~.....
.....~$$§§ UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE §§$$~.....
....,,~~$§ STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL §$~~,,....
.,~:$§§@@# PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME #@@§§$:~,.
.,~:$§§@@# INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF #@@§§$:~,.
.,~:$$$$§§ STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, §§$$$$:~,.
.,~:$§§@@@ BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH @@@§§$:~,.
.,~:$§§@@# SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE #@@§§$:~,.
.....,:$§@ IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE? @§$:,.....
.,~:$§§@@# #@@§§$:~,.
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.,~:$§§@@# (SITUATION) #@@§§$:~,.
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.,~$§§@@## YOU'RE FINALLY ENTERING THE CITY. WHILE ##@@§§$~,.
.,~:$§§@@@ IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN @@@§§$:~,.
.,~:$§§§§@ YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS @§§§§$:~,.
....~~:$§@ BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! @§$:~~....
.,~:$§§@## ##@§§$:~,.
.~:$§§@@## SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, ##@@§§$:~.
.,~:$§§@@# THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU SEE FIRST SMALL #@@§§$:~,.
.,~:$§§@@# SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN #@@§§$:~,.
.....~:§§@ PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM @§§:~.....
....~$$§§§ 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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