"Machines again, I'm afraid," Ray says. "Not that we don't have horses in some places, but for the most part, if it's too far to walk comfortably then you ride in a device called a car, or a bus, or a train. Or other machines, but you probably don't wanna know about them yet. It's not unusual for cars to cover more than fifty-five miles in an hour, on the main roads. In the cities they're slower, of course, since they've got to stop for pedestrians and stuff, but otherwise..."