Seeing that everyone else has chosen the cargo bed, Milenya opened the passenger-side door and pulled herself up into the seat. She closed the door firmly and looked around the driver's cabin; it seemed like a standard model with nothing fancy at first glance.<br/><br/>She says to Sorv, deadpan,<span style="color: #6495ED">"Watch out for potholes. I'm given to understand road maintenance is fifty thousand years overdue."</span><br/><br/>As the vehicle moves out of the cargo bay and onto the volcanic plain, she says over the comm,<span style="color: #6495ED">"It's quite the ominous view. Skies in other parts of this world are clear, so I presume the ash cloud is due to an eruption somewhere over the horizon.  It's hard to tell when it will clear up without extensive geological survey equipment."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>