##§*~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~*§##
#@£#§*=~~¨ ¨~~=*§#£@#
£§§§=~~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~~=§§§£
#**=~~~~~¨ ¨~~~~~=**#
#***~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~***#
#@£#§*=~~¨ 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. ¨~~=*§#£@#
#§§==~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~==§§#
@£§*~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~*§£@
@££#§*=~~¨ ¨~~=*§#££@
#@£#§*=~~¨ ¨~~=*§#£@#
#§=~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~=§#