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phantom mind

In the dark, the empty vacuum of the moving train over slush ice swallows a scarlet fire, carrying it far away onto the empty space of infinity and fantasy.. frothing into an ocean of noise, a delusion of grandeur.

Inside this delirium she begins to recollect and ply the consciousness of her own memories. Perhaps the most important fixture of her imaginary world is the train station. On the train are the ghosts, iconic fissures of people from her waking life taken and fragmented. She codes them as companions to hold her memories and thoughts. As a child, she discovered she could whisper to the ghosts secrets to float into the minds of her friends, so by that, she could live forever.

Yet she is haunted by the mistake of including one person, who has taken over the system entirely, controlling the train for himself. This is the dream attendant. He would have her stay in sleep forever until she dies. Tonight it ends.

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