[ He's been here long enough now to have gotten at least somewhat accustomed to the skimpiness of the attire here, even in winter's cold—but the people wearing such things are wearing them willingly, unlike the latest round of new arrivals who have been turned loose on the city in flimsy paper gowns that do nothing to hold heat, naked beneath them.
The train comes to a stop and more passengers come onboard, filing into the last few remaining seats, and among them is a woman around his age, more of her skin exposed to the icy air than covered by the pathetic hospital gown they've sent her off in. It turns his stomach. She's not the first woman he's seen forced into such a position upon arriving here, but it's been a few weeks since he's actually come face-to-face with it. She elects to stand, holding one of the hanging bars; whether she's aware of the empty seat beside him (and a couple of others around the train) and is making a deliberate choice or is simply too stressed to have noticed is unclear. Already, he's undoing the buttons of his overcoat and sliding it over his shoulders to reveal the long-sleeved uniform and leather bracelet beneath. ]
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The train comes to a stop and more passengers come onboard, filing into the last few remaining seats, and among them is a woman around his age, more of her skin exposed to the icy air than covered by the pathetic hospital gown they've sent her off in. It turns his stomach. She's not the first woman he's seen forced into such a position upon arriving here, but it's been a few weeks since he's actually come face-to-face with it. She elects to stand, holding one of the hanging bars; whether she's aware of the empty seat beside him (and a couple of others around the train) and is making a deliberate choice or is simply too stressed to have noticed is unclear. Already, he's undoing the buttons of his overcoat and sliding it over his shoulders to reveal the long-sleeved uniform and leather bracelet beneath. ]
Miss— please, take my coat.