"What do you people of Earth do for entertainment?"
"Well, we talk, or we dance, or we play games, ride horses, take walks in the country, see a show—anything anyone else does, I guess."
"No one else does any of that, because d.e.'s a lot better. You know anything about dreams, Smith?"
"A little. Very little. They've always been something of a mystery on Earth."
"Well, do you read or watch the telios on Earth?"
"Of course. But it's strictly local stuff on Earth. That's why I'm here."
"Well, if it's fiction, why do you read?"
"Excitement I guess. Interest, suspense. I watch the hero, I struggle with him, succeed when he does if the book's a good one—"
"Exactly. You go into empathy with him. Smith—how would you like to do that—with me?"
"Hunh?"