“Hey, where is Mippitt, anyway?”

“Oh, he’s not programmed to dance, so he’s waiting for us in the bus. He downloaded the operating manual into his system last night, so he should be good to go.”

“I still don’t see why we have to wait until after the dance. Why don’t we just sneak over there now and skip the stupid thing altogether?”

“Because, Rand-El, my parents are chaperones. Don’t you think they’d notice if I wasn’t there?”

And I wouldn’t get the chance to dance with Luna, but I keep that reason to myself.

“But I signed them up for the cleanup committee, too. So if we wait until after the dance, they’ll be stuck here for a while, and we’ll have the lab to ourselves.”