,~-^*@¤¶## ##¶¤@*^-~,
,,,,,~^**¤ ¤**^~,,,,,
,,,,~-^@¶# #¶@^-~,,,,
,~-^*@¤¶## ##¶¤@*^-~,
,,,--^**¤¤ ¤¤**^--,,,
,-^*@¤¶### 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. ##¶¤@*^-~,
,~-^*@¤¤¶¶ ¶¶¤¤@*^-~,
,~-^*@¤¶## ##¶¤@*^-~,
,~-^*@¤¤¶# #¶¤¤@*^-~,
,,,,,-^*@¤ ¤@*^-,,,,,
,~-^*@¤¶## ##¶¤@*^-~,