Commies, that's what they are. But rumor is they have these bombs that can shut down all electric anywhere nearby, so I wondered if that was maybe it.

[He checks his iPod too. Full battery, minus a smidgen from what he was listening to earlier. It's an old one, though, so it wouldn't have an internet connection anyway.]

That like a walkie-talkie? You know, you talk into it and someone else hears it far away?

[Dixon's starting to keen onto the fact that their worlds are so different that he might need to explain some of the things that seem obvious to him, just like she hopes he'll do for hers.

He's trying. He's trying very hard.]