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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 $%\~-,,,,,
,,,,,,-~\% is nowhere to be seen, but nontheless %\~-,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-~\ it is very bright - the air feels light \~-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-~ blue, almost white. ~-,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, along the span of the clearing lay two ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,- parallel silvery lines, dark hard -,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-~ metal. somehow you can see how heavy ~-,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-~\ they are. \~-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-~\% %\~-,,,,,,
,,,,,-~\%$ they emit a high pitched whine... $%\~-,,,,,
,,,,-~\%$£ £$%\~-,,,,
,,,-~\%$£@ ~ @£$%\~-,,,
,,-~\%$£@# ,,%,, #@£$%\~-,,
,-~\%$£@## ~ ##@£$%\~-,
,,-~\%$£@# #@£$%\~-,,
,,,-~\%$£@ (situation) @£$%\~-,,,
,,,,-~\%$£ £$%\~-,,,,
,,,,,-~\%$ youre at the train station, on a $%\~-,,,,,
,,,,,,-~\% catwalk above the rails. your train is %\~-,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-~\ late, or you are late to the train. \~-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-~ it's a summer afternoon and the station ~-,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,- is busy, full of relaxed confidence. -,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,- you're in high spirits, although a bit -,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-~ stressed about the time, while moving ~-,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-~\ up the stairs to your platform. the \~-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-~\% station is in several levels, all %\~-,,,,,,
,,,,,-~\%$ 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? #@£$%\~-,,
,,,-~\%$£@ @£$%\~-,,,
,,,,-~\%$£ ~ £$%\~-,,,,
,,,,,-~\%$ --$-- $%\~-,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,-~ (situation) ~-,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, you're finally entering the city. while ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,- it is indeed a very high speed train -,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-~ you're traveling in, the journey has ~-,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-~\ been long. but it's about to end! \~-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-~\% %\~-,,,,,,
,,,,,-~\%$ 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... £$%\~-,,,,
,,,,,-~\%$ $%\~-,,,,,
,,,,,,-~\% the tracks leave the ground, which is %\~-,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-~\ needed for other purposes. you are \~-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-~ carried gently, curving upwards until ~-,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,- you're moving upward along the wall of -,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, a building. it's made of slabby stone, ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,- with great glassless window holes -,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-~ looking out the way you came. it is ~-,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-~\ pitch black inside. \~-,,,,,,,
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,,,,-~\%$£ £$%\~-,,,,
,,,-~\%$£@ @£$%\~-,,,
,,-~\%$£@# #@£$%\~-,,