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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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,§,§,§,§,§                (SITUATION)               ,§,§§,§§,§
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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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