[ i think the worst thing of my life is that dion being like this is primarily why shoma's actually okay with him. mostly because yeah, he (mostly) gets that it's a joke even if he's steadying himself, but the mount stops trying to throw them off and he sits up a little higher to pat its neck. there, there. ]

...jeez. [ he is studying from up here though. ] The response time on these things is instantaneous, too. It's almost like they really are able to react without having to go through their programming of what might be reasonable.

[ but he kind of grins to that. ]

Let's see where it takes us? I bet they know the paths of the planet way better than anything we can think of.