&*--^,,,,, ,,,,,^--*&
#££&§*/-^, ,^-/*§&££#
£§//^,,,,, ,,,,,^//§£
££§§//^,,, ,,,^//§§££
&§*/^,,,,, ,,,,,^/*§&
£§*/^,,,,, 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. ,,,^//**&&
###&§*/-^, ,^-/*§&###
###£§*/-^, ,^-/*§£###
##£&§*/-^, ,^-/*§&£##
#££&§*/-^, ,^-/*§&££#
£§§/^^,,,, ,,,,^^/§§£