“A sock?” Skippy asked, surprised. “Hmmm, they did loop a necktie over the handle, I thought that was the paratrooper being too lazy to carry it back to his cabin. Under my direction, one of my maintenance bots just picked up the necktie and is bringing it to be clean-” “Skippy, come on, bring it back.” “Doing that now, Joe. Wow, have I been screwing things up for a while? I had no idea hanging a sock over a door handle meant something to you humans. Your secret informal communications methods can be way too freakin’ complicated.”
