"Oh, don't underestimate our ability to be weird at home, too. Most of us have been one-eyed kings in the land of the blind, and now half of us just don't know how to deal with being the peasantry."

It's astounding how hard people try to be the best, the brightest, the strongest. And they're all confined to the whims of a train. And he's got a feeling if they 'beat' the train, then what's chasing the train will be so much worse.

"I've been held captive enough to tolerate it. Not be happy about it, but there's food and decent company."