[The timeline fits. They aren't the only ones acting strangely, even though it hadn't really stood out to her until now.]

Hmm, so do I. I'd love to write about it.

[Said in a tone that almost suggests she was talking to herself. There's a part of her that's happy and content to accept things the way they are... but she's also really excited to be puzzling things out with him.

The smell coming from all the stalls as they reach the food stop doesn't help.]

The technology really is something else here... and I thought Elympios was pretty far ahead already.