alis gets to and from work via london underground.
alis has a season ticket.
alis arrives at the station ten minutes before the train. alis is always on time. alis always arrives seven minutes before the train is due.
alis boards the train.
mind the gap mind the gap
the train is crowded today. alis gets on the train with the same people. alis does not talk to anyone on the train.
alis can hear a song coming from a stereo nearby. alis cannot see who owns the stereo/ minidisc/ discman/ walkman. alis once knew the song. alis was not born when the song first came out. alis had a copy of the album on minidisc. alis lent the minidisc to someone in university and never got it back. alis used to know the song.
quote:
do i know you from somewhere
why do you leave me wanting more
alis does not know the song. alis does not know the artist. alis' knowledge of the song has been erased/deleted. more room for relevant directory structures has been made. file fragments remain. alis used to love this record. alis does not listen to music.
alis does not know the other passengers on the train. the other passengers on the train are the same every day. alis is the only passenger on this train fitted with an implant.
alis does not recognise one man on the train. young man/early 20s/fair hair/clothes of kind fashionable when alis was born. the man makes eye contact with alis. alis stares back. alis and the young man do not break eye contact. alis thinks that the man might be about to say something. the man smiles sadly. the man says nothing.
the man reminds alis of her father. alis' father would remind alis of god. alis does not believe in god. alis gets off at the next stop.
alis arrives at the callcentre. alis is three minutes late. alis will make up this time at the end of the day.