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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)               #@#§*†/=~.
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.~=/†*§### 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. ##@#*†/=~.
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.....=/*§@ 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! #*//=~~...
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.~=/†*§@## 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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