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@#&**\~-¨¨ 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... ¨¨¨-~\**&#
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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? ¨¨-~\**&#@
#&**\~-¨¨¨ ¨¨¨-~\**&#
@#&**\~-¨¨ ~ ¨¨-~\**&#@
#@#&**\~-¨ --*-- ¨-~\**&#@#
@#&**\~-¨¨ ~ ¨¨-~\**&#@
#&**\~-¨¨¨ ¨¨¨-~\**&#
@#&**\~-¨¨ (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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