"I would, but then we already established that my taste is infinitely superior to yours."

She thought for a moment before she answered. It was odd how fast the memories of Romdeau had dwindled, become then and not now.

"There was a lot of emphasis on correct speech in my class," Re-l said. "I mean, we used the common technical names - Auto-Reiv, Turing Application - but we were expected to otherwise abstain from the talk of the lower classes. That's what it means to be a fellow citizen, after all. But it does have the advantage that you always understand what other people are saying."