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Soma and Rudy

Penny nods. She tries to return Rudy's smile, but Soma can sense easily that she's nervous, and that she's depending on Rudy for moral support, even without resonating.

"It'll take me half an hour or so to batton down things around here. Why don't you two hit the town, and then come back. Then we'll head down to your tether to make our way into heaven... does that sound good?"

(Let me know if you want to do anything; if not, we'll assume you figured out that there probably isn't much to see in Davis, and jump forward a half hour.)