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.