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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. .,~==*@#
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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. ....~==#
#*=~,..... .....,~=*#
#@#&*==~,. 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) .....~==*#
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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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