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.