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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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,-~=%§&#@@ 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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