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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. .....,~;§§
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¶¤§§;~,... 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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