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.