,,^~*=*¤@@ @@¤*=*~^,,
,^~*=*¤@@# #@@¤*=*~^,
,,^~*=*¤@@ @@¤*=*~^,,
,,,^~*=*¤@ @¤*=*~^,,,
,,^~*=*¤@@ @@¤*=*~^,,
,^~*=*¤@@# 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. @@¤*=*~^,,
,,,^~*=*¤@ @¤*=*~^,,,
,,^~*=*¤@@ @@¤*=*~^,,
,^~*=*¤@@# #@@¤*=*~^,
,,^~*=*¤@@ @@¤*=*~^,,
,,,^~*=*¤@ @¤*=*~^,,,