,:~†%%¤#@# #@#¤%%†~:,
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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? @#¤%%†~:,,
,,,:~†%%¤# #¤%%†~:,,,
,,,,:~†%%¤ ~ ¤%%†~:,,,,
,,,:~†%%¤# ::%:: #¤%%†~:,,,
,,:~†%%¤#@ ~ @#¤%%†~:,,
,:~†%%¤#@# #@#¤%%†~:,
,,:~†%%¤#@ (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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