It depends on your point of view, I guess. The power they supply makes peoples' lives easier, but... The company in charge of them does a lot of bad things, too. I grew up near one, so I always thought of them as a necessary evil.

These days, I'm not so sure I wasn't on the wrong side of that one, too. [ As wrong as he was about everything else, it wouldn't be such a shock.

Waving over a passing waiter with his free hand, he grins away that briefly sobered expression. ] Ah, hey, order whatever you want, okay? Since it's on me.