,,,«/*&@@# #@@&*/«,,,
,,«/*&@@## ##@@&*/«,,
,,,«/*&@@# #@@&*/«,,,
,,,,«/*&@@ @@&*/«,,,,
,,,«/*&@@# #@@&*/«,,,
,,«/*&@@## 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. #@@&*/«,,,
,,,,«/*&@@ @@&*/«,,,,
,,,«/*&@@# #@@&*/«,,,
,,«/*&@@## ##@@&*/«,,
,,,«/*&@@# #@@&*/«,,,
,,,,«/*&@@ @@&*/«,,,,