Chapter Twenty-Five
Hilda’s Siesta
“The only thing important about a name is who remembers it.” —DBO
It was Vegas’s idea to contact the Operators, and it was the Operators’ idea to send Alice to the courtyard of greatness.
None of them wanted to face H2 or DBO. After finally working out who the missing two were, they, shamefaced, recalled how the others had treated the two of them . . . cutting them out of beverage breaks, closing the shed while they were still in it, and, even worse, not remembering their names.
In fact, if it weren’t for Alice, they still wouldn’t have known.
“You should be ashamed of yourselves,” said the H-Pad 11.
“It’s not something we’re proud of,” muttered Operator Four.
“I mean how were we to know?” said Operator Two.
“What?” said the H-Pad 11. “That two t
