Ah, no. They're states. But it's all right, I take your meanin' well enough. I get it, too. Most folks are from decades or even centuries after me, even if they are from any version of Earth at all. Spent most'a my first go-around here feelin' like a fish on the moon.

（ he dips his head in a bit of a nod. but it's empathy more than any spirit of pity, an' after a moment he crushes the cherry of his own cigarette out between his fingers. he's used to savin' them, even in the prosperity that followed the war. ）

Ain't tryin' to make you feel poorly for it, fella.