,,,,,,,~«= =«~,,,,,,,
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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. *=«~,,,,,,
,,,,,~«=*£ £*=«~,,,,,
,,,,~«=*£@ 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. ###@£*=«~,
,,~«=*£@## ##@£*=«~,,
,,,~«=*£@# #@£*=«~,,,
,,,,~«=*£@ @£*=«~,,,,
,,,,,~«=*£ £*=«~,,,,,
,,,,,,~«=* *=«~,,,,,,