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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. #%=~~~~^,,
,^~=†%§### ###§%†=~^,
,^~=†%§### 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! §†==^,,,,,
,^=†%§#### ####§%†=^,
,,,,,,~†§# 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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