"But it’s all intellectual exercises. They are deliberately avoiding anything that involves contact with biologicals. Or even, to a lesser extent, Bobs. I had a talk with Hugh while we were agreeing on details for analyzing the results of this outing. He’s a nice guy—not a jerk in any way—but kind of, I don’t know, disinterested or distracted. As if we’re keeping him from his video games but he’s too polite to point it out."