[ There's a tolerant but not insincere smile for that first observation, showing in creases at her eyes. Yes, yes, it does all look the same now, and she sips tea before she can protest. He'll just have to see for himself what another city is like -- the different energy, the different customs, the different people and ways of life. Those are the things that make a city, after all.

Benji is not an expert on cities, let it be noted. ]

I did. I do, I guess, still.

[ She waves a hand, indicating what is happening in this very moment -- she is, indeed, on a field trip as they speak. ]

Staying in one place, it's like reading the same book over and over. A good book, and it's familiar and comfortable but, you know. I didn't, um, back in the Matrix, I didn't get to travel a lot, but I knew people that did. Pilgrimages to Canada, or out into the Midwest. It wasn't my-- I guess it wasn't my job. And now it can be.

Not that I'm quitting the Dock any time soon.