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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... .--*†%@###
#@†**--... ...--**†@#
###@%†*--. - .--*†%@###
#@†--..... ..†.. .....--†@#
###@%†*--. - .--*†%@###
#@%*-..... .....-*%@#
@%††-..... (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? .--*†%%%%@
###@%†*--. .--*†%@###
#%%†--.... - ....--†%%#
###@%†*--. --%-- .--*†%@###
###@%†*--. - .--*†%@###
#@@†††*--. .--*†††@@#
###@%†*--. (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. .--*†%@###
####@%†*-- --*†%@####
@%†---.... ....---†%@
####@†*--. .--*†@####
@@†--..... .....--†@@
#@†-...... ......-†@#