"Very different. The level of technology here is much more advanced than I'm used to. And then there's the whole social stratification they enforce on everyone..." Not that social stratification doesn't exist. It's just not this odd and blatant and horny, okay?

"No need to call me miss, unless you want to use my last name, Hawk," Riza insists with a laugh. No need to give away the real last name just yet. If she could preserve it, anyway.

"And the way people are treated here is different too--" She pauses, glances up as the next stop is announced.

"We'll want to get off at this stop so we can take the lift to the Down."