"But, Ben, while Mike was always willing to do what I told him to, whether he grokked it or not, you can't imagine how many million little things there are to being a human being.  We take twenty or thirty years to learn them; Mike had to learn them almost overnight.  There are gaps, even now.  He does things not knowing that isn't how a human does them.  We all teach him - Dawn and I especially.  All but Patty, who is sure that anything that Michael does must be perfect.  But he's still grokking the nature of clothes.  He's groks mostly that they're a wrongness that keeps people apart - and get in the way of letting love cause them to grow closer.  Lately he's come to realize that part of the time you want and need, such a barrier - with outsiders.  But for a long time Mike wore clothes only because I told him to and when I told him he must.