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.