The computer resources Andy used for his runs weren’t exactly his to use. If he and Russ talked about Andy’s virtual pastimes directly, Russ would be obligated to ask after details of access and allocation, and Andy would feel obligated to give them. Which would have put another, different obligation on Russ—that of having to report Andy for theft of Telestrian’s computer resources. Neither of them wanted that, so they never talked about Andy’s adventures.