####%==»-. .-»==%####
#§§%%==»-. .-»==%%§§#
#§==---... ...---==§#
#§=»»».... ....»»»=§#
###§%==»-. .-»==%§###
###§%==»-. 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. .-»==%§###
###§%==»-. .-»==%§###
#%%%=»-... ...-»=%%%#
§%=»---... ...---»=%§
###§%==»-. .-»==%§###
###§%==»-. .-»==%§###