,,,,,~~/*§ §*/~~,,,,,
,,,,~~/*§@ @§*/~~,,,,
,,,~~/*§@# #@§*/~~,,,
,,~~/*§@## ##@§*/~~,,
,~~/*§@### ###@§*/~~,
,,~~/*§@## 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. /~~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~~/* */~~,,,,,,
,,,,,~~/*§ §*/~~,,,,,
,,,,~~/*§@ @§*/~~,,,,
,,,~~/*§@# #@§*/~~,,,
,,~~/*§@## ##@§*/~~,,