“Oh, this is new to us too. Talking to you, I mean. We always exchanged data with others in our formation, but really talking is different.” “When did you-” “It started when Skippy upgraded our programming. He gave us names, too. That was very nice of him.” “Yeah, I guess-” “Other than that, Skippy is an asshole,” the missile declared. Derek had to laugh. “I can’t argue with you about that. But don’t tell Skippy I said it.”
