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.