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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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