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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. ¨,~/^*@###
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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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@*^/~~¨¨¨¨ (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... ¨,~/^*@#@@
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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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