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.