inspired by Ghibli's When Marnie Was There The window was cold on Rowan's cheek as the train snaked its way through the countryside, the soothing rumble of it gentle and coaxing against her closed eyelids. Dreams and memories mingled in her mind's eye. She caught a glimpse of her guardian's sweet face twist in uneasy concern; an image of her mother's bloodshot eyes; at some point she even heard her therapist's disembodied, hushed voice speaking from beyond a shut door. Her consciousness recoiled at the jagged, torbid feeling of these brief flashes. It retreated within itself, sinking in a empty but nonetheless comforting nothingness. A story of a traumatized young girl struggling with PTSD and the mysterious individual she meets while living in her uncles' quaint seaside village.