"No one's buying your little routine," Marian told him, so grateful to this random man and hoping it didn't go badly for him. "Not one of these people in this train buys your bullshit! You just stay away from me."
The train jolted to a stop and behind Marian the door dinged. Marian turned and slipped out the gap before the doors were even finished opening, and started running as fast as she could through the station, between the late night commuters.