"Nice to know they're renovating," John whistles from behind Zouichi. He cranes his head. "You know what they say about it always being bigger in person."

There's just something nice about seeing Earth architecture. John thinks he has a new appreciation for it these days: no weird smelling blobs or sharp pointy ends that're damn determined to go go right for the eyes, like that kid in that movie. The one they always played on TLC. That one. He has to say he likes Zouichi's sense of taste. Old school but normal, comparatively speaking to the rest of the galaxy (or at least that's how he takes it) and maybe it's not home like his dad's house, it still beats another trash heap on an asteroid.

By the way, nice ride.