"I have to agree with you," said Curufin, nodding. "Except it's not people, as far as I can tell. I think the train is a conscious, intelligent entity, and it makes all the decisions. It would be nice if it asked the passengers before collecting us, and I don't know why it doesn't. I think there would be plenty of people who would be willing to leave their own worlds and come onboard to help other worlds; I don't think it's necessary to kidnap them."

He considered Trunks' situation as different from his own. "Did you get pulled out of your world at a bad time?"