Do you see this face, Kaz? This is the face of a woman who'd expected music and light conversation tonight but is getting so much more. She's actually riveted, and not drunk riveted, but a sober human being who is greatly enjoying all this. Any little stumbles to his words she brushes aside, because when he first turned up near her table, he was talking about being put in a box and now he's talking about the environment's affect on human history, so if he wants to add a few extra syllables, he can go for it. This is a judge-free zone.

"Wow! It's amazing, isn't it? The history we know is one seismic wave from being different! All those lives affected by a natural disaster that they couldn't plan for or control. And what about the spread of disease? That's changed the face of the world too. Like everything lost during the bubonic plague spreading throughout the world. Think of all the people who were never born because of it." She picks up her glass with a thoughtful frown. "It's sort of sad, isn't it?"