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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.            §,§,§,§,,§
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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.                §,§,§,§,§§
,§,§,,§,,§                                          §,§,§,§,,§
,§,§,§§,§§ they   emit  a  high   pitched  whine... §,§,§,§,§§
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,§,§,§§,§§                     ~                    §,§,§,§,§§
,§,§,,§,,§                   ,,*,,                  §,§,§,§,,§
,§,§,§§,§§                    ~                     §,§,§,§,§§
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,§,§,§§,§§               (situation)                §,§,§,§,§§
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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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,§,§,§§,§§                   ,,£,,                  §,§,§,§,§§
,§,§,,§,,§                     ~                    §,§,§,§,,§
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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! §,§,§,§,§§
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,§,§,§§,§§ 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...                §,§,§,§,,§
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,§,§,,§,,§ 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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