Public spaces and grandiose speaches are such an ingrained and beloved part of Aquan life that families will take picnic lunches to a local Podus Publican, where people can await their turn to speak upon a platform that rises up into the air with the touch of a button on the lectern installed thereupon. It rises a full twenty feet, but is small enough that people can see from many angles, including (of course) the pools set into the grounds of the park for the various Aquans, who so choose, to freely use.