" What did you tell them?" Bruno asked, as he joined her on the roof. With the metallic grinding of the train and the howling wind, he had to shout to be heard.
"That my uncle got drunk and climbed out of the train," Yana said. "I told them we had no choice but to find him and bring him back inside."
"And they believed you?"
"This is Russia," Yana said, giving him a withering look. "Everybody's got an uncle who gets drunk and climbs out a train window at least once. Usually the police find these guys frozen in a snowdrift somewhere, bottle of vodka in hand."
"Charming," Bruno said. "

― Danielle Trussoni