Sallie & Raguel's hot date

[un_fallen]

"I have to say, I'm glad that you chose the zoo," Raguel says enthusiastically, piloting the battered pickup along a climbing, winding road toward Griffith Park. "I spend as much time as I can in this area, but I don't get to wander that part of it much

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[realmrsreynolds]

Focusing on the pickup truck as they travel to the zoo is comforting to Sallie. It's easier to focus on than the alien asphault (though she's seen such things before) and the endless amounts of cars (and she's never seen so many of those).

And the winding turns?

"It's shuai, in its way," Sallie affirms. "Shadow is...flat. Not like this at all."

[un_fallen]

He has to think to figure out what shuai means, but eventually he comes up with it and grins briefly.

"Flat - like, the whole planet? Must get kinda dull after a while. Least I have this and the desert on either side. The ocean, too, if I go far enough."

The truck hits a large-ish pothole, and they both bounce around a little before it settles.

[realmrsreynolds]

"Shadow's supposed to be as close to Earth-th...Earth, that you can get in my where and when."

For a second, Sallie almost thinks to ask why Raguel couldn't come visit. She doesn't voice the question.

"There's an ocean, sure. Two moons, even -- makes the tides funny."

[un_fallen]

"We have one that makes them funny enough," he says eagerly, "but two. I can't imagine. You must have some surfers with death wishes." He laughs.

"I don't know what they're trying to pass off to you all, but there are mountains and plains alike here, and that's only this little part of the world. It sounds like things are more spread out where you come from."

He turns into an area that looks a little more populated. There are 'Zoo' signs here, and all the cars and buses seem to have children inside.