,,,,~~=*#@ @#*=~~,,,,
,~~=*%#@## ##@#%*=~~,
,,,,~~~*%# #%*~~~,,,,
,~~=*%#@## ##@#%*=~~,
,,,,~=%%#@ @#%%=~,,,,
,~~=*%#@## 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. ##@#%*=~~,
,~~=*%#@## ##@#%*=~~,
,~~=*%#@@@ @@@#%*=~~,
,,,~~*%%@# #@%%*~~,,,
,,,,~=*##@ @##*=~,,,,
,~~=*%#@## ##@#%*=~~,