A/N Eugene, my OC in my latest Tale as I type this, tells his story.
Hey, it's me, Eugene, the new diesel on Skarloey Railway. I was built and then I came to life. The railway put me up for sale and I was bought by Skarloey Railway's controller. I came here because one of his old engines was deathly ill.
I've been making friends here in my new home. I'm enthusiastic, idealistic, expressive and impulsive. Charity, Adam, Julie, Margaret, Mighty Mac, Luke, Ivo Hugh, the other Skarloey Railway diesels and my standard-gauge friends are who these are. The engine I replaced, Peter Sam, was friends with my standard-gauge friends like Thomas. The other narrow-gauge engines tell me what Peter Sam was like, but I shall never know him until I get to The Big Railway In the Sky. It's quite a long time until I go there. I like strange things, because I'm quite odd. I get curious when I find something unusual.
I mostly like my Sodor life. Charity's prone to bawling her eyes out, as the others tell me she can be at times. This is one of those times, I guess. She misses Peter Sam so deeply. This morning, she had a severe crying spell and had to be shunted to the water column, because she just wept non-stop until she had no more tears to shed. She told me she's got anxiety because her first fireman was so abusive. I can tell she feels things very deeply and I do,too. I tear up myself and, if no one around makes me uncomfortable, I might cry. A steam engine at my railway of origin called me "steam-killer" and said 'You want your class to take over this railway." That hurt my mechanical heart. When I'm the one comforting someone, I give them a buffer press, if it's an engine friend and try to support and inspire them. I'm not afraid of emotions, so I plunge into them, however I feel. If my driver's around when I'm in tears, he says things like, "There, there, Eugene. I'm here to give you care and compassion, not to judge you." as he dries my tears with a cloth and he also says, "You've got the right to cry. Let it all out. I'm here for you, not to fix your mood. Just to wipe away your tears and support you in your pain.". I've got to go be Really Useful, because I'm a Sodor engine and we Sodor engines need to be that way.
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