The cars were terrifying at first; now she sees that they're enclosed carts, that's all, with people inside them. And somehow moving with no horses, and faster than any horse could run -- but she can accept that. The empty cars standing still at the side of the road are unnerving, until she realizes that they won't go without people in them.

The people don't all wear the same kind of clothes that Felix does -- but they're all the same kind of strange, and she's slowly getting used to them, especially after all the kinds of people she's seen at Milliways. They're looking askance at her clothes, though, or maybe she's imagining that.