Chapter Thirty-Three
Trains and Trade
Valentina was surprised to see a train car parked outside the northernmost depot as her own car glided along the tracks and slowed to a crawl before she engaged the brake. But then it made sense; being safely enclosed in a high-speed vehicle was really the only way to get past the legions of rats. Of course, the train car was clearly an amalgamation of several vehicles, some trains and some clearly not. Kiyoshi and Hazel must have thrown it together from parts from the barricades of one of the other depots. It was small; the two of them would have been quite cramped inside. Nowhere near as luxurious a journey as the one Valentina had just had, flying up the line in one afternoon in a five-car train filled with goodies.
Valentina climbed out of her r
