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@@†-¨¨¨¨¨¨ train dream ¨¨¨¨¨¨-†@@
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@@††=-¨¨¨¨ you find yourself in a rift - a ¨¨¨¨-=††@@
@$=====¨¨¨ clearing, narrow but immeasurably long. ¨¨¨=====$@
#@@@@$†=-¨ to your sides are walls made of trees, ¨-=†$@@@@#
#@@@@$†=-¨ thick and ready to swallow you. the sun ¨-=†$@@@@#
#@@@@$†=-¨ is nowhere to be seen, but nontheless ¨-=†$@@@@#
@@@$=-¨¨¨¨ it is very bright - the air feels light ¨¨¨¨-=$@@@
@@@@@$†=-¨ blue, almost white. ¨-=†$@@@@@
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@@@@@$†=-¨ along the span of the clearing lay two ¨-=†$@@@@@
#@@@@$†=-¨ parallel silvery lines, dark hard ¨-=†$@@@@#
@@@@@$†=-¨ metal. somehow you can see how heavy ¨-=†$@@@@@
#@@@@$†=-¨ they are. ¨-=†$@@@@#
#@@@@$†=-¨ ¨-=†$@@@@#
@@@@$===-¨ they emit a high pitched whine... ¨-===$@@@@
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@@@†--¨¨¨¨ 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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##@@@@$†-¨ you're finally entering the city. while ¨-†$@@@@##
#@@@@$†=-¨ it is indeed a very high speed train ¨-=†$@@@@#
#@@@@$†=-¨ you're traveling in, the journey has ¨-=†$@@@@#
@@$=--¨¨¨¨ been long. but it's about to end! ¨¨¨¨--=$@@
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@$=-¨¨¨¨¨¨ society is growing denser around you, ¨¨¨¨¨¨-=$@
@@@@$===-¨ through the windows you see first small ¨-===$@@@@
@@$$$=¨¨¨¨ shacks, built of metal and stone, then ¨¨¨¨=$$$@@
@$$=-¨¨¨¨¨ proper houses with mortar to keep them ¨¨¨¨¨-=$$@
#@@@@$†=-¨ together... who in turn make way for ¨-=†$@@@@#
@@$†--¨¨¨¨ the industrial buildings, the urban ¨¨¨¨--†$@@
#@@@@$†=-¨ maze, protective walls, jungle ¨-=†$@@@@#
@@@$$$†=-¨ network... ¨-=†$$$@@@
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@@@@@$†=-¨ the tracks leave the ground, which is ¨-=†$@@@@@
@@@$$†-¨¨¨ needed for other purposes. you are ¨¨¨-†$$@@@
@@@@@$†=-¨ carried gently, curving upwards until ¨-=†$@@@@@
@@$$=-¨¨¨¨ you're moving upward along the wall of ¨¨¨¨-=$$@@
#@@@@$†=-¨ a building. it's made of slabby stone, ¨-=†$@@@@#
@$$††=¨¨¨¨ with great glassless window holes ¨¨¨¨=††$$@
@@@@@$†=-¨ looking out the way you came. it is ¨-=†$@@@@@
#@@@@$†=-¨ pitch black inside. ¨-=†$@@@@#
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