( his social interactions outside of work are few and far between, squeezed in based on whatever gaps he'd managed to find at the time and the availibility of those around him. thus he doesn't fully catch the playful glint in her eye or the teasing tone to her voice, and he answers her with all the solemnity and sincerity of a man taking an idle question far too seriously. )

Simply because there are no cars in Fontaine. There are aquabuses as the primary means of transportation and the Antoine Roger Aircraft for those who simply wish to see the sights, but no cars. The functions in the cars were quite advanced, able to play music as well as adjust the nearby ambient temperature with just a single switch. Though I was unable to ride properly in one, I can only assume that a journey taken in one of those cars would be most pleasant indeed.

( though perhaps if he had actually been seated in the passenger's seat next to a reckless speeding maniac, he might have quickly changed his mind. )