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.