"'Ow come it doesn't melt?" Dodger asked, watching the lights and crowds of the tape, wondrous at this sort of futuristic display. "'Spose they make make it indoors as cold as it is out somehow." He'd seen Luna's computer, and the television itself was pretty unbelievable, but it was things that this that got him wondering. The more advanced stuff was beyond his ability to even wonder about - they just were, like the Island.

"Oh, aye, wouldn't miss it!" Dodger said brightly. "I'm bringin' Karen on me arm, too, on the count of 'er sayin' that gentlemen bring dates and such to these sort of o-cca-sions."