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.