And with that, Wan ceased to fight his urg to pet TenSoon. One hand dropped to his lap and the other went to gently start scratching behind an ear - if he wasn't shook off, of course.

"Just with how dirty you are, I'm going to guess you're wondering where you are. We're in a place called Ten Forward," Wan answered as easily. "It's a place inside the City-Ship called the 'Enterprise'. It's all one big, enclosed city because the City-Ship travels the space between the stars and there's no air to breathe out there."