Devero laughs out loud. "Just remind me to strap in real good before I switch them on," he says with that crooked grin.

"Not very," he says, settling down himself. "At full power, with a lot of metal underneath, maybe a couple of feet. They're just skates, like the ice skates back at the faire. Only, you know. Mag-lev.

"--And yeah, mine will network in with my system. But I got you a tek-null pair."