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.