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.