"2013," she replied, smiling slowly and leaning back in her chair, taking her cup of tea with her to nurse lazily. "That's the problem right there. You don't have all the feather-light laptops, smartphones, wireless internet and black president stuff yet," she chuckled, sipping her tea quietly.

"You ain't even got gay marriage yet. America goes totally crazy after a while. Over in Japan? Totally grooving. Riding the tech high with like...a tenth of the drama."