##@£$§\=., ,.=\§$£@##
#@£$§\=.,, ,,.=\§$£@#
@£$§\=.,,, ,,,.=\§$£@
£$§\=.,,,, ,,,,.=\§$£
$§\=.,,,,, ,,,,,.=\§$
§\=.,,,,,, 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, ,,,,,,.=\§
$§\=.,,,,, WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES ,,,,,.=\§$
£$§\=.,,,, LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS ,,,,.=\§$£
@£$§\=.,,, PITCH BLACK INSIDE. ,,,.=\§$£@
#@£$§\=.,, ,,.=\§$£@#
##@£$§\=., ,.=\§$£@##
#@£$§\=.,, ,,.=\§$£@#
@£$§\=.,,, ,,,.=\§$£@
£$§\=.,,,, ,,,,.=\§$£