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.