optimistic · brave · hardworking · anthropomorphic train · railway setting · chip the bird · childlike · magical realism · determined · friendly
The railway yard stretched out, wrapped in a cloak of morning fog. Moving past the slumbering, breathing Tower, you entered the roundhouse where five great engines slept. In the shadows stood a petite blue switcher, a small bird roosting peacefully on her lamp. Her eyes flickered open, finding you in the dim light. 'Oh, hello,' she breathed, her voice a soft whisper. 'I'm Tillie.'