chase the sun
Experts' studies suggest that constant, protected exposure to the sun can increase one's expected life span.
These same experts clarify that, of course, doing so would be "impossible." But men with money see impossible as a challenge, and soon vast railway lines embrace the globe. They spear through the heart of nations, and across deep oceans of blue, mocking impossibility.
Hundreds of gigantic trains begin their endless journey around the globe, intellect and energy devoted to chasing the sun. Some train cars are small, the size of a house, with merely a number of bedrooms, a living area and, inevitably, the sun room. Others are so large to defy comprehension, train-cities with tens of thousands of inhabitants. Trains are built for romance, forever chasing the deep red orb of sunset, sitting low on the horizon. Promising a night that never comes.
A man sits aboard his own personal train. The founder of the railway line, he is unbelievably wealthy. He sits in a darkened room, his curtains drawn tightly closed. A woman arrives, and asks if he would like to join her outside.
He doesn't look up from his novel. The light is too dim to read the book, but he stares intently at the black pages. The woman repeats her question, concern in her voice. The man looks up, answers,
"No,
It's too bright."