"Japan still exists. We have more of a global government than in your time, though." Hm, the president of Earth being a head in a jar was probably another thing best left unmentioned. There were turning out to be so many of those!

Leela's specialized knowledge of the Stupid Ages wasn't one of them. "I have a friend from around your time. He was frozen in 1999." Erika seemed a bit more with-it, to put it delicately, than Fry.

"I was hoping to get outside and have a look around. Would you mind playing guide for a little while?" Chise had made reaching the outdoors sound difficult enough that Leela wasn't too eager to try it alone.