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.