# The Loose Screw, strip 3 of 4: "Up to Date"

**Panel 1.** Willy springs up, eager. Dolly is beside him. A floor lamp and a potted plant are in the room.
- John types: "update everything before lunch pls"
- Willy: "On it!"

**Panel 2.** Willy leans in close to the lamp, tip to shade.
- Willy: "Good news! It's sunny!"

**Panel 3.** Willy leans in to the plant. Dolly watches, her trail long.
- Willy: "Big news! Our lock had a loose screw!"

**Panel 4.** Willy beams at the whole room. Behind him, at the front door, Dolly quietly nudges the lock's screw tight.
- Willy: "They're very well informed now."

**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/wd077.png
All four strips and the short: https://willyanddolly.com/the-loose-screw/