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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... §§¨¨¨§¨¨§§
¨§¨¨§§§§§¨                                          ¨§¨¨§§¨§¨¨
§§¨§¨¨¨¨§¨                     «                    §§¨§¨§§§¨¨
¨§§§¨¨¨§§§                  ¨¨%¨¨                   ¨§§§§¨¨§¨§
§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§                    «                     §¨¨¨§¨§§§§
§¨§§¨§§¨§¨                                          §¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
§§¨§§¨§§§§               (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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§§§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨§§§§