... I know what a movie is, [ he admits after a moment, though he's not watched one. the opportunity was really only in the imperial capitol, and he hasn't done that, though he's watched keno dancing, so he's seen at least something, in that sense. plays were hard, too, given how his health was as a kid, and how he'd been holed up on another mountain the last five years.

but jean is trying to help, and so he relents, since the guy did shift tactics to explain. ]

Right, it is like that... a very bright, loud, crowded future. Have you ever been somewhere this crowded?

[ Somehow, he's downed one of his last two skewers. Holding up his final one, he licks his lips. ]