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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. ###@§§†~^.
.^~=†§§@## ##@§§†=~^.
....~†§§@@ 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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.....^^=†§ (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... ###@§§†~^.
....^~††§@ @§††~^....
.^~=†§§### 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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