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.