13:47 - I'm at gate A18 has the clerks herd latecomers onto a flight bound for Denver.

• Two old couples identical but for the position of their luggage.
• The cheap seating seems to recall a ferry rather than an international airport.
• Intermingled voices on cell phones with lisping midwestern English.
• A family decked in neon sports attire, screaming bright logos in the subdued and mostly empty terminal.
• Someone is listening to a local rock station on speakerphone.

A small alder flycatcher has entered the terminal, happily flying over chairs and hopping upon bits of fast food.