" 'Why'd you bring me here?' I asked the Conductor as we were leaving the water. 'You don't even know me.'
'I took one look at you, and I knew this was your kind of thing,' he said.
'How could you tell?'
'Nobody chases a conductor down the platform to ask him why he's happy,' the Conductor said. 'People chase a conductor to chew his ass. So, girl, you surprised me. I owed you something special. Simple.'
If I'd delivered something special to everyone I probably owed it to, I'd be busy for a long time. Maybe, though, I could try to deliver a little more from here on out."
-- from 'The Year of Yes' by Maria Dahvana Headley