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......~*%#               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.            ###§%%*=~.
.~=*%%§###                                          ###§%%*=~.
....~=*%§#                                          #§%*=~....
.~=*%%§###                                          ###§%%*=~.
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....~*%%%#                                          #%%%*~....