As morning rose in South Dakota, Claudia reported for work in Artie's office.

She dragged herself in, hair slightly disheveled. Why can't we start snagging and bagging at 10? She thought as she threw her stuff on her side of the desk.

"Oh good you're here." came Artie's voice from the back of the room.

Claudia turned to see Artie pull out what looked like a blue garbage bag from a drawer and marched to his desk. He had apparently been in the office for some time already that morning.

"I have the report from the Warehouse diagnostic." He snatched a paper off of his desk and shoved it into Claudia's hands as he passed her. "I have a list of repairs for you to make today" he said.

She read the paper and saw repairs, but also a list of random artifacts in the warehouse.

"What's this? Artifacts?"

"The ones listed, yes. I need you to check on those separately." Artie caught Claudia's blank stare and stopped walking.

"Check on the artifacts first. Just make sure they are behaving. Then repair." He explained.

"Behaving?" Maybe I should start drinking coffee, she thought.

"Well… that they are where they're supposed to be." He tried to slow down and explain. "Look. No shelf hopping. NO touching each other!" he emphasized. "Only mild twinging and movement." He sighed at her dull look. Maybe she should start drinking coffee, he thought. "Just go and look at them and use your judgment."

"My judgment?" Claudia repeated. She was slightly stunned. A bolt of pride straightened her shoulders. "Sure. Ok. Check on artifacts. Right! Pft! Sure!" She shot him a look. Was the old crabby Artie swapped with this new Artie that suddenly trusted her judgment? She wondered when that happened. She cleared her throat and referenced the paper and read the repairs to be done. "Video displays are out?"

"Yeah. They came back as listed errors on the diagnostic." said Artie with his head buried in the back corner of the office. He came up with a tool that had been pried under the filing cabinet to keep it from wobbling. He examined it and threw it into his bag.

"We still have some spares right?" Claudia started a mental inventory of the supplies that she needed. Opening a drawer in the filing cabinet she pulled out her tool belt. "Hey you know this wobbles?"