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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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¨.~;;**%¶¶ (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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