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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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§*†,...... 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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#§*§~~,,.. 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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