She was sitting at the bus stop. An electric bus like all the others for a few years now. Yes, this was the future that some people had thought would come much later not so long ago. But a lot hadn't changed. It was still a bus. It was often a little late and sometimes very full. It was a rainy day and it was difficult to see out of the windows. But most people who rode the bus were looking at their smartphones anyway. That hadn't changed much either, even if the AI ​​assistants were better. And the buses had drivers, someone had to reliably check the tickets. So the digital tickets in the smartphone. The stops had often stayed the same, so some were just older, which of course didn't make them any more inviting.

Since she wasn't looking at a display, she noticed a metal object next to the curb. Silver. Most likely a coin, she thought. She went over and picked it up. After holding the coin in her hand for a moment, an image of a small lake with a small tent on the shore flashed through her mind. But she didn't think about it any further and it immediately disappeared again.