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.