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.