He can't see her smile, but she shoots one back at him all the same. "Think you got the right of it. And afraid we ain't got many in the way or leaders or authorities. You're the most learned man I ever met where the Dawnfather's concerned. Hold on."

She pauses pauses walking, waiting for a car to roll by before stepping them out along a crosswalk.

"Mind it might be slippery here more'n on the sides. They ain't got snow covering the ice as much."