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