.&&......& .......&..
....&&&&.. &&&&&&...&
.&&..&&... &&&&&..&..
........&& &&&&.....&
.&&&&&&... &&&..&&&..
..&&&&..&& 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. &..&&....&
&&&&&&&&.. ......&&..
.&&&&&&..& .&&&&.....
..&&&&.... ..&&..&&&&
...&&..&&& &......&&.
&&......&& ..&&&&....