There is nothing that anyone can do to stop the great Starliner Express. This famous train, known by everyone around the U.S. to be as reliable as the sun, has never missed a scheduled arrival time.
Why did the train fail to come on time today? After seventy years of meticulous, precise arrivals, it’s already thirty minutes late.
It didn’t make sense, and it caused a feeling of uneasy yet unadmitted pain in everyone at the train station. The Starliner Express had become an unconscious symbol of peace, reliability, and safety. Failing to arrive on time could mean only one thing: something unexpected had happened.
