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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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