"Maybe we should ask for a tour, yo."
"Not a bad idea. I'm sick of being stuck in here."
They went outside.
"I don't think this was such a good idea."said Lance, looking around. "I think you better get off Fred's shoulder. We're getting weird looks."
Toad hopped off.
"You shouldn't have hopped off."
"Did you notice that none of the women will talk to us, or even so much as looking at us?"complained Pietro.
"They're probably not allowed to talk to men at all. I'm thinking this place is very...sexist."
"Then what are we gonna do here?"
"Go sightseeing?"
While they walked, none of the people looked at them. Once or twice, one of the men looked at them, and greeted, none of the women acknowledged their existence.
"Sort of reminds me of...when I read stories about the Ottoman Empire. Keeping the women away from the men completely. Locked in the harems."
"Maybe they should lock them up."spat Pietro.
On the bus, they sat next to a Mycogenian. He was talking to them, but they didn't seem to pay much attention.
"Can you tell me exactly why no one will so much as look at us?"asked Pietro.
He sighed.
"It's like that here."
"And why does no one have hair?"
"It's so we know who we are."
"And who are you, exactly?"
"Well, me, I am Graycloud Fifteen. But the Mycogenians in general. You see..."he hesitated.
"Yeah?"
"Well, descendants of the Dawn."
They looked at them. He shrugged.
"You must never say anything about this. I will be in a great deal of trouble for breaking out customs. But I don't care for these customs, they are so..."he shrugged.
"So, what do you mean by the Dawn?"
"There was once a planet, the Only One. There was everything we could want, plenty of room for everyone, and robots."
"Robots?"
"Yes, they are-"
"We know what robots are."said Lance.
Toad nodded.
"We know one personally, yo. He's still on Solaria."
"So, why don't you tell us about your people's believes?"asked Lance.
"Wait a minute,"said Lance, later. "You're telling me you're descendants of the Aurorans? The Spacers? The first ones?"
The man looked confused.
"Aurora. Are you talking to me about the planet Aurora?"
"Yes."
"I knew it. Wow. So you are descendants of the Aurorans."
"R.'s from Aurora, yo."
"I didn't see may Aurorans, but if they were here today, and they saw what they're descendants have become, I don't think they'd be very happy, much less proud."
"We've been to Aurora, you know."said Fred.
"You've seen the World of the Dawn."
They nodded.
"Once."
"We beat a guy up there, and destroyed his whole institute, yo."