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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. @¤^«~,,,,,
,~«†^§¤@@@ @@@¤§^†«~,
,~«†^§¤### 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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,~«†^§¤@## ~~§~~ ##@¤§^†«~,
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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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