The Way Out West
Here you were, leaving the big city for the first time. Your mother said that it was time for you to get out into the real world. She was shipping you off to the wilds of the new, California. Your uncle had a ranch there, where you could escape the brutal, north winter of home. You were resistant at first, then settled on the idea that it would be a grand adventure. You had been locked in your sleeping room for a full day before you got up the nerve to explore the locomotive. Your stomach was...
Reluctance