,,,,:»=$%§ §%$=»:,,,,
,,,:»=$%§# #§%$=»:,,,
,,:»=$%§## ##§%$=»:,,
,:»=$%§### ###§%$=»:,
,,:»=$%§## ##§%$=»:,,
,,,:»=$%§# train dream #§%$=»:,,,
,,,,:»=$%§ ######,,,,:»::,,##################### §%$=»:,,,,
,,,,,:»=$% === %$=»:,,,,,
,,,,,,:»=$ » $=»:,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,: (situation) :,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,: you find yourself in a rift - a :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:» clearing, narrow but immeasurably long. »:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:»= to your sides are walls made of trees, =»:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:»=$ 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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,,,,,,,,:» (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) #§%$=»:,,,
,,:»=$%§## ##§%$=»:,,
,:»=$%§### 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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