..........                                          ..........
..........                                          ..........
..........                                          ..........
..........                                          ..........
..........                                          ..........
..........               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.           ..........
..........                                          ..........
..........                                          ..........
..........                                          ..........
..........                                          ..........
..........                                          ..........