“I’ll need another drone,” Bug said. “Ferrets,” Cornelius said. All of us looked at him. “Ferrets?” Augustine asked. “It’s a domesticated form of European polecat,” Cornelius said. “Closely related to weasels, minks, and stoats.” “I know what a ferret is,” Augustine said, obviously making a heroic effort to be patient. “I’m asking how ferrets would help us retrieve the computer.”
