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.