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.