In all the times I had been in these woods with Patrick, I always did my best to hide my fear of a train being so close to us when it roared by. When you’re at home or anywhere in town you can hear it. You can see it from anywhere downtown, and it’s something that always commands respect. But seeing the train from a distance is tremendously different from being five feet away when it passes by. You don’t realize how big an engine is until you’re in spitting distance from its size and power. Its massive sound is deafening. I would always grind my teeth to hide my anxiety when it stormed by us.
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