Okay, that got a laugh out of her. "You're damn right they won't let you install gun turrets!" she said, leaning back in her seat again. "I'm part of the they that's against it. Oh my god, you and Rubes are friends."

She tilted her head back, kept the relieved smile on her face, and looked up towards the sky. "Sorry, NP. I gotta say no to the mobile defense house. I know it might be an unpopular opinion." But at least she could keep the tone light, regardless of her own deeper feelings on the core issue.