"Sorry," he says straight off, voice dropping with the apology; his expression too, mouth pulling tight. "We have no clue how to get people back home, or how people get stuck here in the first place. And you can't really stay here on the platform."

Well-- "I mean, you can until the train signals it's time to go."

Since hey, no rush getting on board, right? Like that's a positive to any of this.