Platform Coffee Break

Click! A warm spark jumped through my plastic joints. I was standing firmly on a blue studded baseplate right next to the train tracks, holding my favorite white mug. I gave my arm a gentle twitch—it moved! Right beside me, my blue spaceman buddy was waiting along the platform edge. The little toy train glowed with a cool blue light in front of us. I proudly lifted my mug in a cheerful toast toward the quiet railcar, perfectly ready for whatever shift was about to start.