We waited out sideways rain on the Cinta Costera and talked only about ships

The sky went black in two minutes on the Cinta Costera on Thursday around 5pm and the rain started sideways. A man jogging past stopped, held his rain jacket open like a roof, and said, come. We ran to the nearest bench roof and stood there dripping, watching the container ships. We talked about nothing, mostly about ships. When it stopped he said, have a good evening, and jogged away. His shoes were completely soaked. So were mine. We had stood very close for eleven minutes and learned nothing. I think about that a lot.