[ She doesn't miss that fraction of hesitation when he climbs in, either. She simply shakes her head and climbs in beside him, following the instructions to lock themselves both in safely. No point disobeying such things when it's for safety. ]

What an odd machine. [ She resists the urge to run her hands over the metal, wanting to see what it's made of, how it fits together. ] It's as if someone cut the ceiling off a tram, and put the rails on the bottom instead of the top.