#%*----... ...----*%#
##%*†~~~.. ..~~~†*%##
##%†~~.... ....~~†%##
#@%%†--... ...--†%%@#
####%*†-~. .~-†*%####
###@%*†-~. 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. ....-**@@#
@**†-..... .....-†**@
#@*-~~.... ....~~-*@#
#@*-~..... .....~-*@#
##%**-.... ....-**%##
###@%*†-~. .~-†*%@###