,,,,^**†&& &&†**^,,,,
,^=*†%&@## ##@&%†*=^,
,^=*†%&@## ##@&%†*=^,
,^=*†&@### ###@&†*=^,
,^=*†%&@## ##@&%†*=^,
,^=*†%&@## 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. #&†††=^,,,
,^*†%&@### ###@&%†*^,
,,,,,=*†%& &%†*=,,,,,
,^=†%&@### ###@&%†=^,
,^=*†%&&&# #&&&%†*=^,
,,^^^^*%%& &%%*^^^^,,