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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. &*/»,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,»/* */»,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,»/*& 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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¨¨¨¨,»/*&# 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 #&*/»,¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨,»/*&# you're finally entering the city. while #&*/»,¨¨¨¨
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¨¨,»/*&### ###&*/»,¨¨
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¨¨¨¨,»/*&# 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 #&*/»,¨¨¨¨
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¨¨,»/*&### network... ###&*/»,¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨,»/*& with great glassless window holes &*/»,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,»/*&# looking out the way you came. it is #&*/»,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,»/*&## pitch black inside. ##&*/»,¨¨¨
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