,-=\**¤@## ##@¤**\=-,
,,,,=****¤ ¤****=,,,,
,-=\**¤@## ##@¤**\=-,
,,,,,=\*@@ @@*\=,,,,,
,-=\**¤¤¤@ @¤¤¤**\=-,
,,,,=***¤@ 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. ##@¤**\=-,
,-=\**¤@@@ @@@¤**\=-,
,-=\**¤@## ##@¤**\=-,
,-=\****¤# #¤****\=-,
,-=\**¤@## ##@¤**\=-,
,,,,,,-\*@ @*\-,,,,,,