,,^-:$¤¶## ##¶¤$:-^,,
,,,^-:$¤¶# #¶¤$:-^,,,
,,,,^-:$¤¶ ¶¤$:-^,,,,
,,,,,^-:$¤ ¤$:-^,,,,,
,,,,,,^-:$ $:-^,,,,,,
,,,,,^-:$¤ TRAIN DREAM ¤$:-^,,,,,
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,,,^-:$¤¶# ::: #¶¤$:-^,,,
,,^-:$¤¶## - ##¶¤$:-^,,
,^-:$¤¶### - ###¶¤$:-^,
,,^-:$¤¶## ##¶¤$:-^,,
,,,^-:$¤¶# (SITUATION) #¶¤$:-^,,,
,,,,^-:$¤¶ ¶¤$:-^,,,,
,,,,,^-:$¤ 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... ¶¤$:-^,,,,
,,,^-:$¤¶# #¶¤$:-^,,,
,,^-:$¤¶## - ##¶¤$:-^,,
,^-:$¤¶### ,,=,, ###¶¤$:-^,
,,^-:$¤¶## - ##¶¤$:-^,,
,,,^-:$¤¶# #¶¤$:-^,,,
,,,,^-:$¤¶ (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? ###¶¤$:-^,
,,^-:$¤¶## ##¶¤$:-^,,
,,,^-:$¤¶# - #¶¤$:-^,,,
,,,,^-:$¤¶ ^^$^^ ¶¤$:-^,,,,
,,,,,^-:$¤ - ¤$:-^,,,,,
,,,,,,^-:$ $:-^,,,,,,
,,,,,^-:$¤ (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. ##¶¤$:-^,,
,^-:$¤¶### ###¶¤$:-^,
,,^-:$¤¶## ##¶¤$:-^,,
,,,^-:$¤¶# #¶¤$:-^,,,
,,,,^-:$¤¶ ¶¤$:-^,,,,
,,,,,^-:$¤ ¤$:-^,,,,,