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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. ¨¨¨¨¨,,:@@
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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. ¨¨¨,~~††&@
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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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#@@&@†:~,¨ 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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