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¨:~:^$#@@# #@@#$^:~:¨
¨:~:^$#### ####$^:~:¨
¨:~:^$#@@# train dream #@@#$^:~:¨
¨:~:^^$$#@ ######¨¨¨¨:~::¨¨##################### @#$$^^:~:¨
¨:~:^$#@@# ::: #@@#$^:~:¨
¨:~:^$#@@@ ~ @@@#$^:~:¨
¨:~:^$#@@# ~ #@@#$^:~:¨
¨:~:^$#@@@ @@@#$^:~:¨
¨:~:^$#@@# (situation) #@@#$^:~:¨
¨¨¨¨~~^$$@ @$$^~~¨¨¨¨
¨:~:::$### you find yourself in a rift - a ###$:::~:¨
¨¨¨¨¨::$#@ clearing, narrow but immeasurably long. @#$::¨¨¨¨¨
¨:~:^$#@## to your sides are walls made of trees, ##@#$^:~:¨
¨:~:::^$@@ thick and ready to swallow you. the sun @@$^:::~:¨
¨:~:^$#### is nowhere to be seen, but nontheless ####$^:~:¨
¨:~:^$#@@@ it is very bright - the air feels light @@@#$^:~:¨
¨:~:^$#@## blue, almost white. ##@#$^:~:¨
¨:~:$#@@## ##@@#$:~:¨
¨:~:^$#@@# along the span of the clearing lay two #@@#$^:~:¨
:~:^$#@@## parallel silvery lines, dark hard ##@@#$^:~:
¨¨¨¨¨:::^# 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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