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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... .,~\§%@@@@
@@%§\,,... ...,,\§%@@
@§§§~..... ~ .....~§§§@
@%§~~,.... ..§.. ....,~~§%@
##@@%§\~,. ~ .,~\§%@@##
@@%§\\~,,. .,,~\\§%@@
@@§~...... (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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@@%\,,.... ....,,\%@@