How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph) or (Feed Chatter #.Paragraph)
Quote #1
You need the noise of your friends in space. (1.5)
Space is quiet and empty. Titus' mind—without the feed—is quiet and empty. No wonder he feels like he needs the noise of his friends in space. But really, don't we all? Having friends around reminds us who we are, whether we're on the moon or in a new school.
Quote #2
I feel real sorry for people who have to travel by themselves. In space, that must suck. When you're going places with other people, with this big group, everyone is leaning toward each other, and people are laughing and they're chatting, and things are great, and it's just like in a commercial for jeans, or something with nougat. (1.6)
Of course Titus compares the experience of friendship to a commercial for jeans: advertisements—or movies and TV shows packed so full of stuff that might as well be advertisements—are his only frame of reference for how life should be.
Quote #3
And we're this trio, the three of us guys, being like, total guys, which usually makes people let us in and give us beer. (2.6)
Apparently, our trio here are meg fun, and give off some kind of vibe that makes people want to hang with them, and give them stuff. Must be the Cheerleader Effect.