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.