Van's fireside tale broke off mid-flow when Pip's own psycmask started narrating something else entirely:
— This psycmask is telling me a sleepytime story, I can't hear what you're saying, how do I make it stop?
— Well, just tell it you don't want to hear it. What's your psycmask's handle?
— Handle? I don't know, I was just issued it by the council, they didn't tell me about any handle.
— Oy, Shales-o, Van shouts to the barman, what's the default handle these John Shalesmoor looks up from his glasses: — There isn't one. Even that one of yours uses the same version as me. Just say "skip sleepytime".
— Thanks. Why didn't I think of that?







