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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.           #@§†/=^...
..^=/†§@#@                                          @#@§†/=^..
.^=/†§@#@# 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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.......... 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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.........^ 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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