@@§-¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨-§@@
#@@@&§=-:¨ ¨:-=§&@@@#
@@&§==-¨¨¨ ¨¨¨-==§&@@
##@@&§=-:¨ ¨:-=§&@@##
@@&§§=:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:=§§&@@
@@@&===-:¨ 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. ¨:-=§&@@@#
#@@@&§=-:¨ ¨:-=§&@@@#
##@@&§=-:¨ ¨:-=§&@@##
@@@@&§=-:¨ ¨:-=§&@@@@
@@@@&§=-:¨ ¨:-=§&@@@@
@@@@&§=-:¨ ¨:-=§&@@@@