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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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