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.