Mabel has been waiting for today for months. Today’s the start of the first vacation she’s taken in years—I won’t tell you where she’s going exactly, but it’s sunny and warm and full of nuts. However, since she wanted to get the cheapest flight possible so that she could save her money for actually having fun, she wasn’t able to get a ride to the airport, so she’s stuck waiting for the bus. And boy, is the bus taking a long time to show up. She was only supposed to have to wait for an hour at the stop, but it already feels like days and days have passed. In fact, she’s pretty sure she’s dozed off a few times and still, no bus. She’d ask her companion at the stop if he knew how much longer they had to wait, but she’s very polite, and was taught that it’s super impolite to interrupt strangers when they’re reading.