,,~\†&¤@## ##@¤&†\~,,
,,,,~\&¤@# #@¤&\~,,,,
,,~\†&¤### ###¤&†\~,,
,,,,,~\&@# #@&\~,,,,,
,,~\†&¤@## ##@¤&†\~,,
,,,,,,\†&¤ 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. ##@¤&†\~,,
,,~\†&¤@## ##@¤&†\~,,
,,,,,\†&&¤ ¤&&†\,,,,,
,,~\†&¤### ###¤&†\~,,
,~\†&¤@### ###@¤&†\~,
,,~\†&¤@## ##@¤&†\~,,