With significantly more sensitive ears than the average human, it's hard for Vanessa not to notice that. She can't quite pinpoint the actual origin of the voice over the engine roar, but it definitely doesn't seem like it's coming from where it ought to be. More evidence that this is some kind of high-tech wizardry – and she really hopes that it is.

"We'll see about that," she replies, although if this is superscience she suspects it's pretty damn likely she's destined to lose this one. Her car isn't that souped up. She smirks, all the same. "Are you new around here?"