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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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