"Sorry, I'm oversmiling again, aren't I?" She touched her fingertips to her cheeks and consciously relaxed them. "All that practice for visiting Earth seems to have melted away in the pods."

"Oh, the dress was variable spectrum - that way you could set it to match other people's clothing. And - ha ha - if two people showed up wearing the same dress, they would fight. The dresses, not the people I mean." Anwei was strolling along the path of lights, slowly enough that Roxanne could follow her or not as she pleased. "If the pod release was automated, the clothing section might be as well."