[So here he was, wherever here is. One of the cities. They've got names. Everything's got a name. But they get mixed up, nowadays. Who cares what the name is, it all means the same, sounds the same, all means fake weather and red skies over the edge of the blue ones. There's flickering signs here. Lights and arrows pointing to places to go that
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But then she spots someone she knows, right over there on the corner of the street, smoking those strange cigarettes. With a few strides she's crossed the street and approaches him, the only one somewhat familiar in this entirely alien landscape. All the confusion can't take the smile on her face away completely.]
Hey there. Didn't keep you waiting too long, did I?
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Nah. Right on time.
[So he shakes his head and puts on a smirk, and the sky stays bright blue but there's fluffy clouds over that way and they don't count for much. Things around them take off and land, people walk and run and stay still, and it's still like any city on Earth only titled sideways and smashed into a jar together.]
Welcome to Mars. I'm not much of a tour guide.
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It's fine. I'm not here to tour the planet, anyway.
[It's a good thing to be able to take things in stride she thinks. Just not as easy as it looks, sometimes.]
So where are we headed?
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Thank god for small favors.
[Saves him from having to explain things he's known by heart since he could walk. It'd be like teaching a fish how to breathe.]
Dunno yet. Somewhere good.
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