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.