"Oh," she replied in the same dry voice. Her raised eyebrows did give away the genuine surprise she felt.

"I only brought a few demonstration reels and the first part of his mover series. But I would love to see your collection." She assumed that they worked in a similar manner to films back home, though the different name could mean there was another kind of technology behind it.

Zhu Li stood up and patted down the front of her dress. "I'm going out to eat now. We can show each other our reels sometime tomorrow."