"Let's go shopping then."

"Shopping, or 'shopping'? Either way, follow me through the ductwork, gentlemen."

"Definitely air quotes."

"Not from anyone too poor, please?"

"There are plenty of rich jerks. Stealing is kinda hard actually, though. With making-things powers and color-changing powers and local knowledge I'm sure we can figure something out."

Crawling through the vents isn't actually that hard, they're pretty large.

Evan tries to make his superhuman athleticism clear. Nice not being the squishiest around for once.

"Yeah, yeah, showoffs."

It takes about five minutes of clambering through ducts until they come out in an empty storage unit and go from there onto a dim street with houses and the like, and even a couple other people. "Act natural, okay?"

Okay, act slow and clumsy, you can do this, Maurice!

"You're, uh, maybe overselling it just a bit. You look drunk." This is very amusing, though.

"Oh, sorry. Been years since I was human."

"I'm sure you'll get used to it."

"I'll copy you!" 

He probably didn't mean it that way.

"Yes, clearly I am the best and you should totally copy everything I do."

There's definitely a particular way people walk here, something about their balance?

"So I was thinking we look through junk stores. They're pretty cheap and I know a few that like me. We'll probably need more money later, I have to think about how to get it."

"We could busk!"

"That might actually work if you're good!"

"I can sing. And draw."

"Maybe we say we're collecting money for something and sing and do music... If we look cute people are happier to give up some change..."

Maurice allows himself a tiny bit of smug. "People say I'm very cute."

"Hmm... If we say you two are trying to go home they'll just pity us, they think that's impossible. You don't go places around here. Not specific places like 'home' I mean. But maybe 'raising money for a school project'. I'll be learning something."

"That pretend grownup thing you do might help."

"I think I pull it off quite well, thank you. It does sort of depend on what sort of look we go for. And if anyone recognizes me."

"How many people live here?"

"I dunno, like thirty thousand?"

"Thirty thousand people in the sky. Wild."