“Yep, Atlanta was burning. Again.”

“She turned to him, her cheeks burning red. “What is this? Vampire porn?” “Yep.” “Oh, and this is a good one. Muffy the Vampire Layer.”

“I just read the last page of the Bible again for some reassurance... And yep, everything is going to be alright”

“Yep, I’m making a fool of myself. Again. Right in front of Nash.Is there no end to my embarrassment with this guy?”

“Home.Home was BAMA, the Sprawl, the Boston-Atlanta Metropolitan Axis.Program a map to display frequency of data exchange, every thousand megabytes a single pixel on a very large screen. Manhattan and Atlanta burn solid white. Then they start to pulse, the rate of traffic threatening to overload your simulation. Your map is about to go nova. Cool it down. Up your scale. Each pixel a million megabytes. At a hundred million megabytes per second, you begin to make out certain blocks in midtown Manhattan, outlines of hundred-year-old industrial parks ringing the old core of Atlanta...”

“Even though he was here, she couldn't quite process it. She squeered her eyes shut before opening them again. Yep, still there. Amazing.”