It wasn't that Motoko was unaware of their disapproving stares, it was that she utterly failed to care. Dress had little to do with it— Motoko was neither overheated, nor sweating, nor would she be for some time if the readouts had any accuracy to them. Full-body replacement Cyborgs do not lose water.

Deliberately, but without force, Motoko took her arm back. Even if she hadn't a cultural aversion to unnecessary contact, she hardly enjoyed being led along like a child.