##&&*†:-~. .~-:†*&#
##*†:~.... ....~:†*##
&**†:~~... ...~~:†**&
###&*†:-~. .~-:†*##
###&*†:-~. .~-:†*##
#&***†:-~. 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. ....~~:†*#
#&††:~.... ....~:††
#&*†:~.... 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. .~-:†*##
###&*†:-~. .~-:†*##
##**†-~... ...~-†**##
##&**†:-~. .~-:†**#
####&*†:-~ ~-:†*###
#**:-~~~.. ..~~~-:**#