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,,~†%$&££#                train dream               #££&$%†~,,
,,,,,~~%$&   ######,,,,,~,,,,#####################  &$%~~,,,,,
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,,~†%$&&£#               (situation)                #£&&$%†~,,
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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.            £&%†,,,,,,
,,~†%$&£##                                          ##£&$%†~,,
,,,,,,,~%& 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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,,,,,††%$£                (situation)               £$%††,,,,,
,,~†%$&£##                                          ##£&$%†~,,
,,,~~†%%&# 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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,,~%$&£###                    ~                     ###£&$%~,,
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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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