"The cities? That's right, you're too young to remember. They were big,
Ruth, with buildings so tall people called them skyscrapers." He pulled
a wrench from its magnetic holder in the satellite's self-contained
tool bin. "And filled with life. Millions of people lived in each
one ... all the people we have at the settlement could have lived on
one floor of a good-sized hotel...."
"What's a hotel?"
* * * * *
Tom grinned as he tugged at a pipe fitting. "You'll find out when you
come with us ... you'll see things you could never imagine."
"I don't know if I'll come with you."