,,~/=*@¶## ##¶@*=/~,,
,,~/=*@¶## ##¶@*=/~,,
,,,,,,//=@ @=//,,,,,,
,,,,~=*@@# #@@*=~,,,,
,,~/=*@@@# #@@@*=/~,,
,,~/=*@¶## 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. #¶*=~,,,,,
,,,~/===*@ @*===/~,,,
,,,,,,,~=@ @=~,,,,,,,
,,~/=*@¶## ##¶@*=/~,,
,,~/=*@¶¶# #¶¶@*=/~,,
,,~/=*@¶## ##¶@*=/~,,