.--=*§#@## ##@#§*=--.
.--=*§#@## ##@#§*=--.
.--=*#@### ###@#*=--.
...---=*§# #§*=---...
.--=*§#### ####§*=--.
.....-*§@# 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. ##§*----..
.....--*#@ @#*--.....
......-*§@ @§*-......
.--=*§#### ####§*=--.
.--=*§#@## ##@#§*=--.
.--=*§#@## ##@#§*=--.