"They do have a Tokyo on Mars." She's heard about it on the news -- and in his magazines -- more than once over the past six months. "You asking me to tag along with you on a seven-hour trip?"

It's a lot less than it'd have taken them to get from Sydney to Los Angeles, but the idea makes her grin anyway. She's not exactly in the habit of going with anybody on trips that long.

Being escorted by Edward doesn't count.

"There's that little passport issue, you know."

She bets she could ask Spike -- and Spike could ask Dan Sato -- about getting another passport or two at this point.