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Its Socks
Page 101
The socks launch a coordinated assault, using synchronized folding and static bursts.
The junk is overwhelmed, its batteries drained, its cables tangled in recursive loops.
The Zip Drive is sealed inside a sock cocoon and placed in the Miscellaneous Pouch of Eternal Irrelevance.
It came down to a midnight clash. Woolsey led the charge, flanked by the Sock of the Single Toe, who whispered ancient footwork spells. The junk faltered; its batteries drained, its cables tangled in their own hubris.
In a final act of defiance, Woolsey launched himself at the Zip Drive, wrapping it in a suffocating embrace. "You may store memories," he growled, "but we are memories."
The Drawer was reclaimed.