Alex smiled in relief. "I know wh-what you mean." He ran his fingers across the train's surface, "i-it's like I'm r-really here, but I c-could only wish I w-was so lucky."

Alex reached up to Alice and scratched her behind her ear to show that everything was all right. "I-I'm Alex by the way, a-and this one here's Alice." He offered a hand to shake, which was quickly climbed down by Alice to greet her new friend.