That all sounds terribly interesting to her, really. But she recognizes sarcasm when she hears it so she knows she won't get too far tonight trying to coax entertainment out of her.

It takes her about half a minute, because really, how do you summarize Municipal Darwinism to someone who's seen nothing but static settlements? She's not a Historian (she misses Tom for a heartbreaking moment in that thirty seconds) and her formal education stopped at age ten. Well...

"...The cities there're...like the pirate ships here.