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###*†\~,.. TRAIN DREAM ..,~\†*###
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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. ......,~\†
*†\~,..... .....,~\†*
#*†\~,.... 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? ........,~
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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! .,~\†*####
###*†\~,.. ..,~\†*###
##*†\~,... 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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