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.