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,^==$%%%@# #@%%%$==^,
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,^==$%@### TRAIN DREAM ###@%$==^,
,^==$%@### ######,,,,^=^^,,##################### ###@%$==^,
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,^==$%@### = ###@%$==^,
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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 @%=^,,,,,,
,^==$%%%%@ IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT NONTHELESS @%%%%$==^,
,^==$%@### IT IS VERY BRIGHT - THE AIR FEELS LIGHT ###@%$==^,
,^==$%@### BLUE, ALMOST WHITE. ###@%$==^,
,^==$%@### ###@%$==^,
,^==$%@### ALONG THE SPAN OF THE CLEARING LAY TWO ###@%$==^,
,^==$%@### PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ###@%$==^,
,,,^^=%%%# 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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,^==$%@### ###@%$==^,
,^==$%@### YOU'RE FINALLY ENTERING THE CITY. WHILE ###@%$==^,
,^=$%@#### IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN ####@%$=^,
,^==$@#### YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS ####@$==^,
,^==$%@### BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! ###@%$==^,
,^==$%@### ###@%$==^,
,^====%%@# 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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