"Are you're sure it's not too much trouble?" Later asked as she trotted alongside Dessic through the crowd. Although the streets had initially been sparse, only having a few ponies here and there, she soon discovered that this was only because they were off in a far corner of the city; once they had trotted more than a few minutes towards the centre, Later and Cotton were pulled closer to Dessic, simply out of a desire to not get lost.

"Yeah, since you're just going to the Observatory, right?" Dessic looked to face her, still pushing through the ponies ahead as they continued on their downward trek. "That's not a few blocks from the bank where I work, so it shouldn't be any trouble at all. As I said, I'm already pretty darn early. It'd just be annoying waiting around, really."

"Well, alright," Later replied, though had Dessic been paying attention he would have noticed the worry in her eyes. She didn't want to be with him any longer than she had to; however, the maze of roads was too much for her to navigate. The maps of the CDK had only contained a few of the layers, and she already didn't quite know where they were. Although it was risky, Dessic had funnily enough become their only hope for getting there.

"So, what are you even going to the See-Oh for anyway?" Dessic asked.

"The See-Oh?" Cotton asked, confused.

"I forget what the C stands for, but it's the name for the observatory that ponies use around here," Dessic explained. "Though I guess they probably just call it the CDK Observatory other places, right?"

"Erm... yeah," Cotton Fluff replied, nodding slowly. "That is definitely what it's called in other places."

"We're just trying to get a gist of the size, and shape, and stuff," Later said, using an explanation she'd come up with minutes before. "We're considering talking the science department down south into building a small observatory down there, though obviously it would never compare with the one here."

"Huh, fair enough," Dessic replied. "I've gotta admit... all that science stuff is super interesting, even if it's way beyond me. The numbers are fine; it's the concepts I don't quite grasp."