[ The way he speaks, she likens living in a colony to living in a port town. She supposes it makes sense, as she's heard people compare the vast and unforgiving domain of space to how people of the past thought of the wide open ocean. ]

It does sound nice, especially with fresh water on-hand so readily. That can be a problem here too often. And programmed weather sounds incredibly convenient! [ She laughs a bit. ] But, do they still let people enjoy a capricious summer rain? Or a snow day?