"I'd take you with me if I could," Bridge says sincerely. "It'd certainly be more fun. I mean, the moon is nothing but rocks, horses, and more rocks." Inwardly, he resolves to find a way, someday, to take Xander on a trip that isn't in a *simulated* shuttle. "Well, and also Rita's castle but that's a restricted area," he adds as an afterthought.