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.