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........~; train dream ;~........
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........~; 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. #@@#§§;~..
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....~;§§#@ along the span of the clearing lay two @#§§;~....
.....~;§§# parallel silvery lines, dark hard #§§;~.....
......~;§§ metal. somehow you can see how heavy §§;~......
.......~;§ they are. §;~.......
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.........~ they emit a high pitched whine... ~.........
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.......~;§ 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) §§;~......
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....~;§§#@ 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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