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.