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.