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.....,~†*%                train dream               %*†~,.....
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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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....,~†*%#                     ~                    #%*†~,....
.....,~†*%                  ..*..                   %*†~,.....
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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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...,~†*%##                     ~                    ##%*†~,...
....,~†*%#                  ,,%,,                   #%*†~,....
.....,~†*%                     ~                    %*†~,.....
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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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