,,=^*$@@## ##@@$*^=,,
,,,,,=^^$@ @$^^=,,,,,
,,,,^***@@ @@***^,,,,
,,=^*$@@## ##@@$*^=,,
,,=^*$@@@@ @@@@$*^=,,
,,=^*$@@@# TRAIN DREAM #@@@$*^=,,
,,,=^***@# ######,,,,,=,,,,##################### #@***^=,,,
,,=^*$@@## ^^^ ##@@$*^=,,
,,,,,=*@@@ = @@@*=,,,,,
,,=^*$$$@@ = @@$$$*^=,,
,,=^$@@### ###@@$^=,,
,,=^***$@# (SITUATION) #@$***^=,,
,,=^*$@@## ##@@$*^=,,
,,=^**$@@# YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A RIFT - A #@@$**^=,,
,,,,,,,=*@ 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 @****^^=,,
,,,,,=*$@@ LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS @@$*=,,,,,
,,,,,=*$@@ PITCH BLACK INSIDE. @@$*=,,,,,
,,=^**$$$@ @$$$**^=,,
,,,,,,=*$@ @$*=,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^*@ @*^,,,,,,,
,,,,^***$@ @$***^,,,,
,,,,,==*@# #@*==,,,,,