From a reader:

I like the imagery of people actually talking about it on the street. Right away I pictured strangers passing each other on the sidewalk whispering to each other, “Did you hear? Chait’s responding today!” The murmur of his impending response grows gradually to a roar and then cut to the paper boy on the corner: “Extra Extra!!! Read all about it! Chait Responding to Jonah!” And then there’d be a dance number.