#@@¤$%*-,, ,,-*%$¤@@#
@@¤¤$%*-,, ,,-*%$¤¤@@
¤$$$%%*-,, ,,-*%%$$$¤
@¤¤¤$%*-,, ,,-*%$¤¤¤@
¤%%--,,,,, ,,,,,--%%¤
#@@¤$%*-,, TRAIN DREAM ,,-*%$¤@@#
@@@¤$%*-,, ######,,,,,-,,,,##################### ,,-*%$¤@@@
#@@¤$%*-,, *** ,,-*%$¤@@#
#@@¤$%*-,, - ,,-*%$¤@@#
#@@¤$%*-,, - ,,-*%$¤@@#
@¤¤$*,,,,, ,,,,,*$¤¤@
@$$%%-,,,, (SITUATION) ,,,,-%%$$@
#@@¤$%*-,, ,,-*%$¤@@#
##@¤$%*-,, YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A RIFT - A ,,-*%$¤@##
¤$%%%**-,, CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG. ,,-**%%%$¤
#@@¤$%*-,, TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, ,,-*%$¤@@#
#@@¤$%*-,, THICK AND READY TO SWALLOW YOU. THE SUN ,,-*%$¤@@#
#@@¤$%*-,, IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT NONTHELESS ,,-*%$¤@@#
¤%%-,,,,,, 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 ,,,-*%$$$¤
@¤¤%%%*-,, SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE ,,-*%%%¤¤@
#@@¤$%*-,, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE? ,,-*%$¤@@#
¤%*-,,,,,, ,,,,,,-*%¤
@¤¤¤$%*-,, - ,,-*%$¤¤¤@
#@@¤$%*-,, ,,$,, ,,-*%$¤@@#
#@@¤$%*-,, - ,,-*%$¤@@#
#@@¤$%*-,, ,,-*%$¤@@#
##@¤$%*-,, (SITUATION) ,,-*%$¤@##
¤%-,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,-%¤
@@¤$*--,,, YOU'RE FINALLY ENTERING THE CITY. WHILE ,,,--*$¤@@
#@@¤$%*-,, IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN ,,-*%$¤@@#
¤%*-,,,,,, YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS ,,,,,,-*%¤
##@¤$%*-,, BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! ,,-*%$¤@##
#@@¤$%*-,, ,,-*%$¤@@#
#@@¤$%*-,, SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, ,,-*%$¤@@#
@$%%*-,,,, THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU SEE FIRST SMALL ,,,,-*%%$@
¤%*-,,,,,, SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN ,,,,,,-*%¤
@¤%%%-,,,, PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM ,,,,-%%%¤@
¤¤%---,,,, TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ,,,,---%¤¤
@@@¤$%*-,, THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ,,-*%$¤@@@
¤¤$%*,,,,, MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE ,,,,,*%$¤¤
##@¤$%*-,, NETWORK... ,,-*%$¤@##
@@@¤$%*-,, ,,-*%$¤@@@
#@@¤$%*-,, THE TRACKS LEAVE THE GROUND, WHICH IS ,,-*%$¤@@#
@¤¤%*---,, NEEDED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. YOU ARE ,,---*%¤¤@
#@@¤$%*-,, CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL ,,-*%$¤@@#
#@@¤$%*-,, YOU'RE MOVING UPWARD ALONG THE WALL OF ,,-*%$¤@@#
@¤$%%-,,,, A BUILDING. IT'S MADE OF SLABBY STONE, ,,,,-%%$¤@
@¤%%*,,,,, WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES ,,,,,*%%¤@
#@@¤$%*-,, LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS ,,-*%$¤@@#
@¤$%--,,,, PITCH BLACK INSIDE. ,,,,--%$¤@
¤$$*-,,,,, ,,,,,-*$$¤
¤$$*,,,,,, ,,,,,,*$$¤
@$%*,,,,,, ,,,,,,*%$@
@@@¤$%*-,, ,,-*%$¤@@@
#@@¤$%*-,, ,,-*%$¤@@#