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.