I drag my feet to the exit where Zeidy is waiting. I pass under the sign reading Nothing to Declare. Of course not. I have nothing at all

The man at the counter is helpful, but also, totally not.
“So if you’ll just fill out these forms here, I’ll put the query through for you, and we’ll get back to you within 48 hours,” he says, once I’ve finally convinced him that yes, I was waiting at the right carousel, and no, my suitcases definitely did not come out without my noticing.
Wait, what? “Forty-eight hours? Until my suitcases arrive?”
“Eh, not exactly. Forty-eight hours until we get back to you with some information,” the helpful-not-helpful man at Lost Luggage clarifies, nodding very quickly. “It might be sooner, of course, there’s just no knowing with these things.”
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