,^~==*@### ###@*==~^,
,^~==*@@## ##@@*==~^,
,,,,,,~=*@ @*=~,,,,,,
,,,,,~==@@ @@==~,,,,,
,,,^~~=*@@ @@*=~~^,,,
,,,^^==*@@ 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. ##@@*==~^,
,^~==***@@ @@***==~^,
,^~==**@@# #@@**==~^,
,,,,,,~=@@ @@=~,,,,,,
,,,,,,~=*@ @*=~,,,,,,
,,,,,,^=*@ @*=^,,,,,,