,,:-/%§§## ##§§%/-:,,
,,,:-/%§§# #§§%/-:,,,
,,,,:-/%§§ §§%/-:,,,,
,,,,,:-/%§ §%/-:,,,,,
,,,,,,:-/% %/-:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:-/ 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. %/-:,,,,,,
,,,,,:-/%§ §%/-:,,,,,
,,,,:-/%§§ §§%/-:,,,,
,,,:-/%§§# #§§%/-:,,,
,,:-/%§§## ##§§%/-:,,
,:-/%§§### ###§§%/-:,