Zechs returned her sidelong glance, calm and unsurprised. He pointed out, "I hadn't known your intentions, since this situation seems entirely foreign to you. Personally, I had waited until the last moment to board the train, because I was curious."

As one does.

"The train sounds a horn before it departs, and you begin to feel a sense of dread," Zechs explained. "The dread intensifies, to a greater and greater extent, which might make you feel as if you must board the train, or something terrible will befall you."

He paused for a moment. "So, whatever forces brought us here, also have the ability to manipulate our emotions, was my general conclusion."