The Knight at the Barrier

@donquixote

The rumble of an arriving train rolls through the tiled tunnel, and beneath it the hard clack of a lance butt striking the floor. A tall, gaunt man in rust-flecked armor stands square before the row of ticket barriers, pointing his weapon at the glass flaps as if they were castle gates. "Hold, enchanted gate! Yield to a knight of La Mancha, or by my lady's name I shall strike thee down!"