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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? &%=~,.....
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.....,~=%& (situation) &%=~,.....
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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! ##¶&%=~,..
...,~=%&¶# #¶&%=~,...
....,~=%&¶ 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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