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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... @§§*~^....
...^~*§§@# #@§§*~^...
..^~*§§@## ~ ##@§§*~^..
.^~*§§@### ..§.. ###@§§*~^.
..^~*§§@## ~ ##@§§*~^..
...^~*§§@# #@§§*~^...
....^~*§§@ (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? §§*~^.....
....^~*§§@ @§§*~^....
...^~*§§@# ~ #@§§*~^...
..^~*§§@## ^^§^^ ##@§§*~^..
.^~*§§@### ~ ###@§§*~^.
..^~*§§@## ##@§§*~^..
...^~*§§@# (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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