What claim should the Inners have on the ring? Earthers did not know what to do with their own oceans and sky. Martians see only iron oxide.

[He makes a gesture like crushing a clump of dirt in his palm.]

Xiya. Out here. This is ours.

[Coming to one of the elevators, Ashford laughs to himself]

Inners out here are like a kid discovering his cock for the first time.