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.