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.