A middle-aged police officer boards the morning train to the airport every day, where he keeps an eye out for potential crooks. He thinks about how he lost his police badge some years ago. He is divorced from his wife, Cindy, and has one young daughter who loves outer space. On this particular morning, a kid in a red cape, pretending to be a superhero, runs up and down the train making sound effects. The policeman observes the kid's mannerisms. There is a man seated on the train with a woman asleep on his shoulder. The policeman speculates that he is a tourist, and looks at his smile and attire, but soon notices some strange features. The man is wearing a Rolex, but upon closer examination, the Rolex doesn't have any hands to tell the time. The man also has a large, drab looking suitcase — the policeman refers to the man as "Mr. Suitcase" — at his feet, but when the kid with the cape runs by and tries to lift it, the kid is able to lift it above his head with ease. When the train reaches the station, everyone files out but Mr. Suitcase. He pretends to haul his empty suitcase out the doors, but then turns around and sits back down for the return trip. The policeman follows him. Once they are alone on the train together, Mr. Suitcase talks to him directly, and asks him if he's in the market for a suitcase, where he makes clear that he's seen the policeman on this train before. The policeman plays it off as ignorance. The policeman recalls a time when he stopped a robbery on the train and was rewarded with chocolates and praise. The policeman questions whether he is useful, and struggles with boredom on his daily routine. He thinks of his daughter's astronaut ambitions, and resolves to find "the new in the familiar."