"I wouldn't be much help to you," Sam replied. The Halpers might not have prepared Sam for the world she was going to inherit, but they'd certainly been loaded. And she was more than a little grateful about receiving the best education money could buy. No complaints there.

And just like in their home, she set a little table now.

"I can tell you that the Space Wars prequels suck, the Cubs still haven't won the World Series, and we finally got a Black president."

At least, they'd had a president until the Rain. Sam wasn't entirely sure what was happening in DC--or the rest of the world--now.