Snippet #1742045

He didn't look at me for long, but even for the short moments our eyes were connected, I felt hate spark within me. It happened with certain people, just an odd feeling that told me to avoid them. With this man, I could see my own emotions reflecting in his eyes. Why was he looking at me like that? I expected no words from him, and was about to look away out the window again when he spoke up. Shouted at me.

I glared. No words escaped my lips, but I wanted nothing more than to yell at this ill-tempered man. I was perfectly calm right now, I had just been trying to get some answers out of him. But he proved to be as stubborn as I suspected. I tugged a strip of the fabric off of my scarf, lowering my hand and letting the piece slip from my fingertips. I forced myself to stay silent. Well, what had I gained from that? Absolutely nothing.

Suddenly, the nurse next to me screamed out something. I jumped a bit, startled by the sudden cry, and turned my head to look at her. She was freaking out. I couldn't see why she was so scared. A place covered in fog. Mental patients on a train. Maybe to a normal person, that would be the recipe for doom. But I was fine, and she should be too. She worked at the place. The doctor next to her had grumbled a bitter, "Shut up". I couldn't blame him. Her worry was probably putting stress on everyone else, even I could feel myself tense at the sound of her worry.


I looked up as the conductor seemed to be attempting a joke. I could only see this ending in disaster. I narrowed my eyes at the sound of his cough. That didn't sound healthy.

I seemed to be right, as the final result only lead to the nurse panicking even more. I didn't want her freaking out even more, so I lifted a reassuring hand, and patted her shoulder lightly, hoping that maybe she would calm down a bit.

The diseased/unhealthy/old man seemed to have remembered that I was still here, and hadn't disappeared. Great. Just the news I wanted to here. I crossed my arms over my chest. At the mentioning of a map, I gave a quiet sigh of relief.

"You could have mentioned that earlier." I mumbled quietly, lifting my gaze up towards him. I replayed his previous words once again in my mind. Go into town. Well, this guy would probably get in there, have some coughing fit and collapse. Okay, maybe nothing that drastic, but two people in the place searching was better than one.

I got up from my seat. It felt nice to stand up, I had been sitting down almost all day. I stretched myself out quickly, reached out my arms, then pulled them back towards my side.

"Can I...see this map? I'm not sure if I trust only you to get help for everyone here."