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@@$::~~... train dream ...~~::$@@
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@@@$$--... ::: ...--$$@@@
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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) .....-:$$@
@@@$$$:-~. .~-:$$$@@@
##@@$$:-~. 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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