Okay, that's kind of impressive. Robin had sort of understood it was a television, if only based on the fact that it had a screen and it was placed where a television should be, plus all the other unbelievably thin glass screens at the mall. It's still another thing to take a close look at it and another thing all over again as she takes in the picture quality. It's almost unbelievably crisp and clear, even from just the menu, which Steve moves around like he's playing an Atari.

And then he goes all Captain Kirk, talking right into the remote control and ordering it around.

"Holy shit," she agrees. "Okay, you were right. The future is even better for laziness. You didn't even have to get up to put in a video tape." Wait. "Does the future even still need videos?"