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&**†:~~... ...~~:†**&
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#&***†:-~. train dream .~-:†***&#
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#&&†-..... ::: .....-†&&#
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###&*†:-~. (situation) .~-:†*&###
&††----... ...----††&
###&*†:-~. 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. .~-:†*&###
###&*†:-~. .~-:†*&###
##**†-~... ...~-†**##
##&**†:-~. .~-:†**&##
####&*†:-~ ~-:†*&####
#**:-~~~.. ..~~~-:**#