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.