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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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