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.