,:-†%@§@@# #@@§@%†-:,
,:::†††@@@ @@@†††:::,
,:-†%@§@@@ @@@§@%†-:,
,,,----%§@ @§%----,,,
,:-†%%%@§§ §§@%%%†-:,
,,,,,,-†@§ 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. #@@§@%†-:,
,:-†%@§@## ##@§@%†-:,
,:-†%@§@## ##@§@%†-:,
,:-†%@§@@@ @@@§@%†-:,
,:-†%@§§@@ @@§§@%†-:,
,,,::†@@@§ §@@@†::,,,