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.