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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. ##@¤§%:=^¨
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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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¨^=:%§¤@## 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 @§%%%=¨¨¨¨
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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! @@@¤§%:=^¨
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¨^==::§¤¤¤ 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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