"I thought it'd be fun." It hadn't be fun. It had been frustrating and fucking embarrassing especially to be seen by so many people. He'd try to do a better job at keeping those goddamn boots turned when he was up and walking around.

"She's another one like you, huh?" Kovacs asks, trying to picture the words that Miller often called him coming from a woman. Maybe that could be his goal, getting two of these Belters to throw horrible words at him.

"That mean she's gonna call me names?" Kovacs asks. "Or do I have to do something horrible to her before I get the special treatment?"