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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. ¶@&†;-:...
....:-;†&@ @&†;-:....
.....:-;†& 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... -:........
.......:-; ;-:.......
......:-;† - †;-:......
.....:-;†& ..†.. &†;-:.....
....:-;†&@ - @&†;-:....
...:-;†&@¶ ¶@&†;-:...
..:-;†&@¶# (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. †;-:......
.......:-; ;-:.......
........:- 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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...:-;†&@¶ - ¶@&†;-:...
....:-;†&@ ::&:: @&†;-:....
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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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