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... 
                                          
                                         
                                     
                                         
                                          
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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?           
                                          
                                         
                                     
                                         
                                          
               (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.