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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. ##@¤%*/«,¨
¨,«/*%¤@## ##@¤%*/«,¨
¨,«/*%¤@## they emit a high pitched whine... ##@¤%*/«,¨
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¨,«/*%¤@## (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? ##@¤%*/«,¨
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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... ##@¤%*/«,¨
¨,«///%%¤# #¤%%///«,¨
¨,«/*%¤@@# 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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