It was a cold night, colder then usual even for the polar express.
He knew the kid would be coming soon and he had to be ready, appearances where everything when you had this gig, in more ways then one.
He had seen the kid get on, seen him stop the train so the other boy could get on, seen him try to return the girls ticket, and how he was willing to go all the way to the front of the train to do it.
He'd had a hand in making sure that ticket ended up where it needed to go moving the wind spooking the wolves and such but that kid needed to do the real work. It was just his job to make sure he didn't get himself hurt doing it.
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