"I know how a coat works, Curtis. When we journey out of Helium into the Warhoon and spend the night beneath the sky, you will know how cold it gets on Barsoom. But we wear cloaks that radiate the day's heat back into the body. It's a sister to the light flyer technology. This? This just seems like a chance to make me look utterly ridiculous. Which -- hey -- if that's what fires your engines, far be it from me to judge!"

She holds up her hands in mock retreat.