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.