Emotions are like trains and those depression-era hobos; the train had it's own rhythms and ways, went anywhere and everywhere. The hobos went along for the ride when the mood struck them and the train paid no mind. All the hobos had to do is choose how and when to get on board.
Emma had the unusual distinction of acting as both the train and the hobo at any given time. Like the train, Emma could speed along at a good clip, multiple engines pulling a heavy load with no effort. Her emotional furnace burned hot and hard, demanding as much coal as anyone could feed her.
Then there were times when Emma was free of the load and with a vengeance would pound along the long rails of life, whistle screaming for miles; I mean screaming! From one state to the next, as if the whistle -pull was stuck in place, her emotional anger would shatter windows as she flew by.
In the down times though, no manner of fuel, water, or tweaking of her engine would make Emma move. She would sit amongst the unusable engines and inexorably fall to pieces.
Emma also had the dubious resourcefulness of the hobo. She could latch onto any moving train with a moment of careful timing; swinging up into an empty box like an acrobat. She would go along for the ride not caring in one way or the other exactly where the train was going as long as it was away from where she was at that time. The train was akin to being her lover really. Emma gained sustenance from the constant change of scenery brought on by emotions set free to roam as they will. Then again, would wallow in despair when her vehicle of choice sat idle or she missed a chance at jumping a ride on a train that just plain moved too fast.
Emma had a complex, often confusing emotional paradigm; she repeated her mistakes with justifiable fervor, mistook good sex for love and wandered about from man to man like a hobo on a train.