Sharon steps back in surprise as the train appears, and blinks, startled, at Shuri's questions.

"They don't," she says, stepping aboard and looking up and around. When the train accelerates, she can hear almost nothing; it makes a faint sound like wet silk over glass. "I don't think any of the trains in any of the cities I've ever been in compare even a little."

Just like the architecture, the engineering here is a feat of unparalleled skill, design, and technology. "I thought the trains in Europe were pretty good. Shows what I know."