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