January 1, 2024:
Their dialog has its cadence.
Expert-On-All-Subjects declaims, loudly.
Across the aisle his partner Ever-Incredulous repeats, loudly questioning, in tone of disbelief.
Expert nods, restates his expertise, loudly.
"They don't accept people over forty."
"They don't take people over forty?!"
Nodding: "They don't take people over forty."
Back and forth, mile after mile, all the way to Old Town.