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,,,~;$$$$¤ ¤$$$$;~,,,
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,,,,,,««$¤ train dream ¤$««,,,,,,
~«;$@¤@### ######,,,,~«~~,,##################### ###@¤@$;«~
,~«;$@¤@@# ;;; #@@¤@$;«~,
,,,,,~;$¤# « #¤$;~,,,,,
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,~«;$@¤@@@ (situation) @@@¤@$;«~,
,~«;$@¤@## ##@¤@$;«~,
,~«;$@¤@## you find yourself in a rift - a ##@¤@$;«~,
,~«;$@¤@@# clearing, narrow but immeasurably long. #@@¤@$;«~,
,,,,,~;$@@ to your sides are walls made of trees, @@$;~,,,,,
,,~~~;@@@¤ thick and ready to swallow you. the sun ¤@@@;~~~,,
,,,~«;$@¤¤ is nowhere to be seen, but nontheless ¤¤@$;«~,,,
,,,,«;@¤@# it is very bright - the air feels light #@¤@;«,,,,
,,,««$@@@@ blue, almost white. @@@@$««,,,
,,,,,,«$$¤ ¤$$«,,,,,,
,~«;$@¤@## along the span of the clearing lay two ##@¤@$;«~,
,~«;$@¤@## parallel silvery lines, dark hard ##@¤@$;«~,
,~«;;$@@¤# metal. somehow you can see how heavy #¤@@$;;«~,
,,,,«;@@@@ they are. @@@@;«,,,,
,,,,,,«$¤@ @¤$«,,,,,,
,~~«;;;;@¤ they emit a high pitched whine... ¤@;;;;«~~,
,~«;$@¤@## ##@¤@$;«~,
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,~«;$@¤¤¤@ ,,$,, @¤¤¤@$;«~,
,~«;$@¤@## « ##@¤@$;«~,
,~«;$@¤@## ##@¤@$;«~,
,~«;$@¤@@@ (situation) @@@¤@$;«~,
,~«;$@¤@## ##@¤@$;«~,
,~«;;;@@@# youre at the train station, on a #@@@;;;«~,
,,,,,,,«$¤ catwalk above the rails. your train is ¤$«,,,,,,,
,~«;$@¤@## late, or you are late to the train. ##@¤@$;«~,
,,,~««$@¤@ it's a summer afternoon and the station @¤@$««~,,,
,,~~«$@¤¤¤ is busy, full of relaxed confidence. ¤¤¤@$«~~,,
,~«;$$$@@¤ ¤@@$$$;«~,
,,,~;$$@@¤ 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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