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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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,,,,=/*§¶# ,,*,, #¶§*/=,,,,
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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) ###¶§*/=,,
,,,=/*§¶## ##¶§*/=,,,
,,,,=/*§¶# 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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