[Stupid shitty pavement. He'll take it over dirt roads any day, but it's annoying. Makes his teeth rattle every time he hits more of a bump. He notes the sign with disinterest - yeah sure maybe they're in the future and roads aren't needed anymore, or maybe this part of the state is just too poor to keep them up.]

Yeah, I was just thinkin' about that a little while back. Kinda felt like vide noir, but different. Maybe it's where it came from though. I mean, you've tried it, didn't it seem kinda familiar?

[Their experiences with vide noir have thankfully been very different. He wouldn't wish on her what was done to him. But that kind of tie to the dark things that stretch their arms through the universe itself is undeniably addictive, and definitely holds some real power in it.]