Kavya suddenly woke up with a start. The train had come to a stop at a station. She had fallen asleep with the comforting and familiar rocking of the train. She checked her watch in panic. Had she missed her stop? It was 4:00 p.m.! She should have alighted at her station at 3:30. She must have over-shot it. She hurriedly gathered her things, stuffing it haphazardly into her bags, and rushed out of the train. She looked around in confusion at where she was.

Her mind froze but her heart beat at a dangerously rapid pace. She has never had to encounter such a fate before. She is someone who lives by the laws of time. This one time, things had taken a completely different turn for her, and she has never succumbed to change before. She whimpered incessantly as she roamed aimlessly at the station. Her vision was entirely blurred with tears.

As she rubbed her tear-stained eyes...