“Why aren't you an Atlantan?” “Because I don't want to live that way. All the people in Dovetail like to make beautiful things. To us, the things that the Atlantans do—dressing up in these kinds of clothes, spending years and years in school—are irrelevant. Those pursuits wouldn't help us make beautiful things, you see. I'd rather just wear my blue jeans and make paper.” “But the M.C. can make paper,” Nell said. “Not the kind that the Atlantans like.” “But you make money from your paper only because the Atlantans make money from working hard,” Nell said. Rita's face turned red
