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¨:=*§§&##@ @##&§§*=:¨
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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... #@@#&§*=:¨
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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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