"This is where the best shit is," she said and then they were walking along a sidewalk in what looked like a relatively safe neighborhood somewhere in the depths of Cyburbia USA.

"Is it dangerous here," he asked as he reached out to touch her hand and she let him wrap his fingers in hers.

"Of course not! This is the neighborhood me and my friends grew up in. Pretty normal, you know, dogs, cats, kids, cars, TV. What planet do you live on?"

"But, that's exactly..."

"Over here," she was pointing to an area beyond where he couldn't see anything except night.