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.