"Hey!" Karla protested, then regretted the outburst immediately. "Hey." Okay, yeah, that was better. No yelling. "I took a space taxi there and back!"

Mostly because she hadn't bothered to memorize how to get to The Landing Strip the afternoon before and hadn't wanted to wind through the streets of Theed alone after dark.

"The nice males at the club made sure to call a reputable service for me and everything. Umm, I think the Happenin' Hapan made sure I got into it okay and that the driver knew where to bring me. Or maybe it was Argon the Anatomical Android? No, wait. It was Long Dong Phong!"