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¨¨~~~=$@@@ train dream @@@$=~~~¨¨
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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. #@@==~¨¨¨¨
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¨~~==$@@@# they emit a high pitched whine... #@@@$==~~¨
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¨~~==$@@## (situation) ##@@$==~~¨
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¨¨~~~~=@@@ youre at the train station, on a @@@=~~~~¨¨
¨~~==$@### catwalk above the rails. your train is ###@$==~~¨
¨~~==$@@## late, or you are late to the train. ##@@$==~~¨
¨~~==$@@## it's a summer afternoon and the station ##@@$==~~¨
¨~~==$@@## is busy, full of relaxed confidence. ##@@$==~~¨
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¨~~==$@@## you're in high spirits, although a bit ##@@$==~~¨
¨¨¨~~==$$@ stressed about the time, while moving @$$==~~¨¨¨
¨¨¨~===@@@ 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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¨~~==$@@## (situation) ##@@$==~~¨
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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! @=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨~~~=$@@@ @@@$=~~~¨¨
¨~~==$@@## society is growing denser around you, ##@@$==~~¨
¨~~==$@@## through the windows you see first small ##@@$==~~¨
¨~~==$@@## shacks, built of metal and stone, then ##@@$==~~¨
¨~~==$@@## proper houses with mortar to keep them ##@@$==~~¨
¨~~==$@@## together... who in turn make way for ##@@$==~~¨
¨¨¨¨~~===@ 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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