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.