"Wow, someplace that lifeless would get me to miss Bobo's fleas." Rex is wincing sympathetically in a very exaggerated fashion. "Annnnnd I definitely would've hit barrier going half the speed of sound and given myself a massive headache."

A thought. "I wonder what César would say about—wait, no, no I don't. I'd get trapped into a two hour lecture, and he'd find a chalkboard somewhere."