,,,,,^\**# #**\^,,,,,
,^=\*$#### ####$*\=^,
,,,,,=\$## ##$\=,,,,,
,^=\*$#@@# #@@#$*\=^,
,^=\*$###@ @###$*\=^,
,,,^^\\\*# train dream #*\\\^^,,,
,^=\*#@@## ######,,,,^=^^,,##################### ##@@#*\=^,
,^^==\*$$@ \\\ @$$*\==^^,
,,,,,=\**# = #**\=,,,,,
,^=\*$#@@# = #@@#$*\=^,
,^=\*$#@@@ @@@#$*\=^,
,,^==*$$@@ (situation) @@$$*==^,,
,^=\*$#@@# #@@#$*\=^,
,,,,,^=*#@ 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 @$*\\\^^,,
,,^=\\*$$# they are. #$$*\\=^,,
,^=\*$#@@# #@@#$*\=^,
,^=\*$#@@@ they emit a high pitched whine... @@@#$*\=^,
,,,^=\\$#@ @#$\\=^,,,
,,,,,^\$$@ = @$$\^,,,,,
,^=\*$$### ,,*,, ###$$*\=^,
,,,^^==**# = #**==^^,,,
,^=\*$#@@# #@@#$*\=^,
,^=\*$#@@# (situation) #@@#$*\=^,
,^=\*$#@@# #@@#$*\=^,
,,,^^\*##@ youre at the train station, on a @##*\^^,,,
,^=\*$#@@# catwalk above the rails. your train is #@@#$*\=^,
,^=\*$$##@ late, or you are late to the train. @##$$*\=^,
,^=\$#@@## it's a summer afternoon and the station ##@@#$\=^,
,,,,,==**# is busy, full of relaxed confidence. #**==,,,,,
,^=\*$#@@# #@@#$*\=^,
,^=\*$#@@# you're in high spirits, although a bit #@@#$*\=^,
,^=\*$#@@# stressed about the time, while moving #@@#$*\=^,
,,,,^=\\$# up the stairs to your platform. the #$\\=^,,,,
,^=\*$#@@# station is in several levels, all #@@#$*\=^,
,^=\*$#@@# placed within eachother by some #@@#$*\=^,
,,^^^=\*$@ intelligent designer, and full of @$*\=^^^,,
,^=\*$#@@@ stairs, elevators, shortcuts, @@@#$*\=^,
,^=\*$#@@@ bazaars... you sight your train through @@@#$*\=^,
,,,,^^\$@@ some glass windows. it's... not where @@$\^^,,,,
,^=\*$#@@# it's supposed to be? #@@#$*\=^,
,^^^^\\$#@ @#$\\^^^^,
,,,^=\\*$@ = @$*\\=^,,,
,^=\*$#@@# ^^$^^ #@@#$*\=^,
,,,,,,=*$@ = @$*=,,,,,,
,^=\*$#@## ##@#$*\=^,
,,,,,^^=*# (situation) #*=^^,,,,,
,,^==***## ##***==^,,
,^=\*$#@@@ you're finally entering the city. while @@@#$*\=^,
,,,,,=*$## it is indeed a very high speed train ##$*=,,,,,
,^=\*#@@## you're traveling in, the journey has ##@@#*\=^,
,^=\*$#@@# been long. but it's about to end! #@@#$*\=^,
,,,^\\\$$@ @$$\\\^,,,
,^=\*$#@@# society is growing denser around you, #@@#$*\=^,
,^=\$#@@## 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 #*\\==^,,,
,^=\*$#@@# pitch black inside. #@@#$*\=^,
,,,^===\$# #$\===^,,,
,^=\*$#@## ##@#$*\=^,
,^=\*$#@@# #@@#$*\=^,
,^=\\\$### ###$\\\=^,
,^=\*$#@## ##@#$*\=^,