# The Loose Screw, strip 2 of 4: "Spilled"

**Panel 1.** Willy looks down at the floor around him, puzzled. Dolly is beside him.
- John types: "the loose screw news was meant for tomorrow. someone spilled it"

**Panel 2.** Willy leans down, searching the floor for a puddle.
- Dolly: "Not a puddle. The secret."
- Willy: "Can we wipe it up?"

**Panel 3.** Willy and Dolly listen.
- John types: "its out. we just do it all today instead"

**Panel 4.** Willy stands beside a tall, wobbly stack of pages. Dolly, beside an empty floor, has nudged one page off his stack onto her side.
- Willy: "Today is very full."
- Dolly: "Tomorrow can help."

**Who's who.** Willy is a red teardrop bot who jumps right in; when he finishes a job, a tally mark appears beside him. Dolly is a mustard-yellow dot who asks first; a trail of dots follows her, longer when she's unsure and gone when she's certain. They're bots: helpers that live inside the computer. John, the human, is never drawn. His typed messages slide in from the edge of the panel, with a little cursor at the end.

The strip as an image: https://willyanddolly.com/strips/wd076.png
All four strips and the short: https://willyanddolly.com/the-loose-screw/