"Ah, come on, dude. Steve, don't be weird. You and me are tight, you know that." Ribbon's memory really was a mystery of the universe. She couldn't remember anything from possibly the past week of her life, she might not be able to remember anything that had happened today by tomorrow, but for some reason there it was burned into her brain that she knew Steve, and that Steve was her dude.
"Listen, Steve, y'gotta clear something up for me. What's up with this town? Like, ah..." What are we doing here? didn't seem like a question either Steve or the mayor-looking fellow would be able to answer, but they had to be able to give Ribbon some direction. As is, she felt like she was just meandering, getting up to silly misdemeanors with Top Guy Lester and her BFF Helena. Maybe this dude wasn't a mayor, but he looked like he had some mayorly qualities about him, and mayors were real good at giving aimless young folks direction.