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.