The Man wore beige shorts, brown leather sandals, and a black shirt. The sun was out, hot, humid. He was sweating slightly. He wore a Panama hat. He waited 5 minutes at the stop for the bus. He got on. He moved towards the back of the bus, and noticed two of them. He also noticed that they weren’t sitting together but at opposite ends. He wondered why.

The first one was tall, blond, muscled. His was hair short, well kept. He must have been no older than 25 years of age. An all American boy. Jimi Hendrix began playing ‘Castles made of Sand’. He was seated. Within minutes an Asian woman came on the bus. She wasn’t pretty. She dressed in a soft pink t-shirt and blue jeans. It was a conservative style of clothing. She was slightly overweight. When she passed him he got up and offered his seat. She declined and moved further towards the back of the bus. He sat back down for a moment and assumed an expression of consideration. Credence Clearwater Revival played ‘I put a Spell on You’. He got up and sat down next to her. Began to speak to her in Mandarin.

Meanwhile the second one closer to the front of the bus assumed his companion’s empty seat. He wasn’t as attractive. When an old woman came on the bus he got up and offered his seat. She declined and so did the woman behind her before another younger, attractive girl, assumed it. He looked at her, hesitated, and withdrew to the front of the bus.

Meanwhile the first one was attempting to engage in conversation. The Asian woman’s replies were short, but polite. It was obvious he was asking the questions and she was giving him short responses. Phil Collins, ‘Jesus He Knows Me’ began to play.

The Asian woman says the longest sentence in the conversation, gets up and moves towards the door. Descends. He throws a glace at his companion and shrugs. It is met with the same facial expression.

He notices Him fixing a stare, he meets it, moves back towards his original seat, sits down, and begins to scan the bus again.