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.