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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... #@#§%*=.,,
,,,.=*%§#@ @#§%*=.,,,
,,,,.=*%§# = #§%*=.,,,,
,,,,,.=*%§ ,,%,, §%*=.,,,,,
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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 %*=.,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.=* it's supposed to be? *=.,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,.=* (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... .,,,,,,,,,
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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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