"Hm." Shen Yuan sips the last of his hot chocolate, finishing it off while he thinks... "I think I know which lady you mean," he finally admits ruefully, "But I can't recall her name either." He sets his empty much down on the table and reaches against for the snacks. "But you're probably right about her capabilities...and if not her, I expect there are many workshops and machineries in the Wilful Machine that could construct a car, or something like it. But then the problem becomes one of infrastructure."

He shakes his head slightly. "I can see the appeal, from an outside perspective...but when I look at Trench and think of how many things would have to change to make cars usable, it seems to me that people are better off just leaving things the way they are right now."