"Uh-huh." Another quick examination of his toy, and a tiny grin for Satine as he sets the Hummer on the Bar. "Remote controlled. We got better ways to do it, but it's fun and cheap and something a friend from five hundred years behind me gave me, so I am complaint-free. See, look."

He tilts the remote so she can follow and pushes both levers forward. The car begins a slow, dignified crawl down the Bar.

"Like that."