Miguel's expression falters into something close to amusement, so it looks like Dan wove his line perfectly between tease and insult. That serious demeanor of his had cracks in its armor it seems.
"That's a little old-fashioned by 2100, but there are plenty of purists who won't want to mess with a classic."
The old city was still around. Buried beneath the upper layers, but still around. Similarly, the old things one would associate with New York City could be found, if you looked with enough determination.
"Parties remain crowded, but transport has changed quite a bit in the last century. You'd be surprised at how much green space can be fit in with proper planning."
His partying days were far behind him, but as a fresh hire for Alchemax? A star geneticist landing the cushy job of his life had plenty of reason to partake in a little hedonism here or there. That was before the splicing, of course, when the sensory overload could be physically painful, and before the life-sucking misery of the work hit him.
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"That's a little old-fashioned by 2100, but there are plenty of purists who won't want to mess with a classic."
The old city was still around. Buried beneath the upper layers, but still around. Similarly, the old things one would associate with New York City could be found, if you looked with enough determination.
"Parties remain crowded, but transport has changed quite a bit in the last century. You'd be surprised at how much green space can be fit in with proper planning."
His partying days were far behind him, but as a fresh hire for Alchemax? A star geneticist landing the cushy job of his life had plenty of reason to partake in a little hedonism here or there. That was before the splicing, of course, when the sensory overload could be physically painful, and before the life-sucking misery of the work hit him.