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.