[ If he's honest with himself, which he is, Casey can admit that this fact probably doesn't make much difference to him. What's he gonna do, get everyone together to talk about missing the Empire State Building?

Yeah. Sounds great.

But at least he knows he's not alone in the New Yorker sense. Which actually does help his unease a little, in one of those roundabout ways where it's not completely unknown around here. Maybe this metal sector took some inspiration, even. Alien just got a little less alien on him. He can dig it. ]

English ain't too bad. I mean, I speak it. [ Do you really, though, Casey. ] But gimme a pass on the literature, man. I'm pretty sure nothin' can make me care about Romeo and Juliet.