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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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,.=^%%$@#@ ,,%,, @#@$%%^=.,
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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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