80. Getting on a Train

Three travellers stand on a station platform. Back packs on, walking sticks in hands and two dogs sit patiently at their feet.

Talking loudly, in clipped tones, they don’t look at each other.

The train arrives with a shush. The three travellers find their way to a door but are pushed back by an unseen force.

Stepping up the first calls out, “Two steps.”

Searching with their hands for an empty seat, one accidentally sits on someone before being called back.

“Here, to your left,” says a voice and a hand helps her sit down.

Three travellers blindly travel on.

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