"Because you look like you're working a job you didn't apply for," she said. "Go. Be a human, not a guidebook."
He stayed there for three hours. He missed breakfast. He missed his 09:00 walking tour. He sat on a stool, watching the light shift across the square, listening to the chime of a dozen different grandfather clocks in the room around him. tourist
The sun wasn’t even up when Elias pulled his suitcase over the cobblestones of Prague. The sound—a rhythmic clack-clack-clack —echoed against the silent, gothic facades, making him feel like an intruder in a sleeping giant’s bedroom. "Because you look like you're working a job
"The sun?" Elias asked, checking his watch. "The forecast said clear skies." He missed breakfast
Elias stiffened. "I like to be prepared. I’m only here for three days."
He was so busy calculating the walking distance that he didn't notice the woman sitting on the stone ledge until she spoke.