"Yeah, we're back at the garage now," Mike said into his holoscreen as he kicked his shoes over into the corner. On second thought, maybe he should keep them on - Mutt was gonna need a lot of work to recover from today.
Julie's staticky face popped up. "Okay, I'm still a little ways out; one of the bots clipped my tire and I'm limping along at half-speed, but I'll be there soon. Claire must be dying to get back to Deluxe. It'll be a miracle if I can ever coax her down to Motorcity again."
"Just rescue her from Chuck and she'll follow you anywhere," Dutch said.
"Not so sure about that." Mike glanced behind him.
Claire strode through the doorway, deep in a intense discussion with Chuck.
"-and then he drove off the edge! Just drove right off. I was there and I still can't believe that happened!"
"Dude, I know! He does stuff like that all the time! And trust me, you never get used to it."
They swept past him and headed into the garage lounge, continuing their conversation. Before they got out of earshot, Mike was sure he heard the word 'crazy' a couple of times.
"Yep," Mike said into the holoscreen, "I think they might have something in common now."