#..#..#... #.#..###..
##.##.##.. .###.#..#.
#.##.##.#. .#..###.##
.##.##.### .##.#..##.
.#.##.##.. .#.###.#.#
...#...... ~~ .........#
.#...##### \~ .#######..
...#..#### .\ .\ ..#####..#
.#.....### ~~ *. ...###....
...###..## .## \@@@\ ##..#..###
.#..#....# .* .#. #.......#.
......##.. .*§ .@\ ..#####...
#####....# .*§ .@* ...###..##
####..##.. ~#\ ##§~ ##..#....#
###......# ~§####\ #@@##*. ......##..
.#..####.. .~§§#. ~@#§§. #####.....
.....##..# .§#§#. \@§§§. ####..####
.###...... .\* *. ###....##.
..#..####. *@~ *#. .#..##....
#.....##.. @#~ ~\ .......###
..###..... @. .#* .#####..##
...#..#### # # # ..###.....
##.....##. # @ @ # ...#..####
#..###.... # # # # # ##.....###
....#..##. the train is a dashing arrow ...###..##
.##....... over the sea. ##..#.....
....#####. # @ . @ # ......####
.##..###.. # § \ \ § # #####..##.
......#... # § . § # ####......
#####...## look closer - it's not water. ###..#####
####..#... # § . . § # .#....####
###.....## # ~ \ . . \ ~ # ...##..###
##..###... # ~ . . ~ # .#......##
#....#..## the lowland which was once the midriff ...####..#
..##.....# of sweden. the salt flats span for ##..##....
#....###.. hundreds of miles. from a narrow line #......###
..##..#... of hills the train lowers itself onto ..####..##
........## the crystals and shoots north, like a ...##.....
#######... syringe into a baloon. ##....####
######..## # * . . . . * # ...##..###
#####....# # ~ . . . . . . ~ # ##......##
####..##.. # * . . . . * # ...####..#
###......# # ~ . . . . . . ~ # ##..##....
.#..####.. # * . . . . * # .......##.
.....##..# they call it the "mandelbrot crater", ######....
####...... and it is the rest of a mining disaster. .####..###
###..##### # ~ . . ~ # ..##....##
##....#### # ~ \ . \ ~ # .....##..#
#..##..##. # § . . § # ####......
.......... sun hits the four-railed track, as it .##..####.
#########. fractures into villages or past them. ......##..
.#######.. the people here are pale but crisp, .####.....
..#####... reflections of some other world ..##..####
...###..## # § . § # #......##.
##..#..... # § \ \ § # ..####....
......#### # @ . @ # ...##..##.
#####..##. they always seem a bit annoyed that you ##........
.###...... are manifesting them into physical #..######.
..#..####. form. like if you weren't here, they ....####..
#.....##.. would be nothing more than the sun .##..##..#
..###..... against the platform ..........
#..#..#### # # # # # .#########
.......##. # @ @ # ..########
.#####.... # # # #..######.
..###..##. #@. .@ ....####..
#..#...... .§~ ~## .##..##..#
.....##### \#* ~#@ ..........
####..#### \§ *#\ ##########
###....##. ~@###\ .@#@@\ ##########
##..##.... \@#@#~ .@###\ ##########
#......### .~*##@### \#@###*. ##########
..####..## .#### \#§. .#########
...##..... .@#. #@~ ..#######.
##....#### .@#. ##~ ...#####..
...##..### .§#. §~ ##..###...
##......## .@#@#* #@~ .....#..##
#..####... .#§ \§~ ####.....#
....##..## .*. *. .##..###..
###......# \#\ ......#..#
##..####.. \* .####.....
.....##..# ..##..###.
####...... #......#..
.##..####. ..####....
......##.. ...##..###
.####....# ##......#.