TRAIN DREAM               
     
                                       
                                         
                                         
                                          
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 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... 
                                          
                                         
                                     
                                         
                                          
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 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?           
                                          
                                         
                                     
                                         
                                          
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 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.