[He would have you know that he is not a boomer in vampire years! Those guys are really temperamental and crotchety, okay.

But he understands — less helming this vehicle, more experiencing. Less necessity to a degree, more indulgence. Dettlaff supposes he cannot blame anyone for that much, given that all living creatures are prone to seeking exhilaration in unfathomable ways.]

Yes.

[The answer is immediate, almost as immediate as the way Dettlaff lifts his eyes to Daigo, something eager and curious in them.]

You said that they run on crystal “batteries”. If that is true, it’s similar to our communication devices. In that way, they are the same, and we should be able to draw assumptions of its functioning based on that alone.

[opennnn the bike]