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§§¨¨§§§¨¨§                                          §§§§¨§¨§¨§
¨¨§¨§¨¨§¨§                                          §¨¨¨§§§§§§
§¨§§§§¨§§§               train dream                ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
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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... ¨§§§¨¨¨§§§
¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨¨                                          §§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨§§§§§§¨                     =                    ¨¨§¨§§¨§§¨
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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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¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨                                          §§¨§¨¨§§¨§
§§§¨¨§§¨§§               (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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