[Even draping himself all over Jeremy didn't cure this boy of his touch-starvedness. His family isn't very touchy-feely so he has to find it elsewhere. And until recently only had one friend. So it's pretty overdue to get snuggly with someone else. Even if it's someone who you kind of made out with last time you snuggled. That's fine. That's not weird.]

Not at all, man! That's super freaky. You of all people should have a right to scream your brains out at the sight of a squip.

[He makes a face.]

Strange. I wouldn't expect a squip to be programmed to know how to dodge in a fight. When would a nanocomputer need to do that? Whatever. We'll just try to avoid it, I guess.