Javier and Elías are the first to arrive at the bus stop that morning. Before long, five other people join them: four men and one woman. At 6:30 am, 30 minutes after the bus they’d been waiting for had been scheduled to arrive, they all decide to return home. The transport that was supposed to take them to military exercises that they were required to attend as members of the reserves of the Revolutionary Armed Forces never showed up. (Their participation in the reserves takes place on weekends: Javier works in tourism, and Elías is retired.)