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¨~~;%¤@¶@# #@¶@¤%;~~¨
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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... @¤¤;;~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~~%¤@@ @@¤%~~¨¨¨¨
¨~~;%¤¤¤¶¶ ~ ¶¶¤¤¤%;~~¨
¨~~;%¤@¶@# ¨¨%¨¨ #@¶@¤%;~~¨
¨~~;%¤@¶@# ~ #@¶@¤%;~~¨
¨¨¨~~%¤¤¤¶ ¶¤¤¤%~~¨¨¨
¨~~;%¤@¶@# (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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