[Bitty stops squeaking in surprise and hovers there for a micro.]

Yes?

[Only the curly-haired swimming program has ever pinged it. How strange. A moment's more hovering, and it sinks back over to a blanket to alight and ponder this weirdness.

Dumont, meanwhile, nods and gives Clu a smile. Suspicious, but not for the name and resemblance.]

I've heard no rumors concerning a program named Clu, though I will take your word if I do. You look somewhat familiar to me, however. Didn't I chase you out of a memory archive once?

[Yes, Hacker, have all the side-eye for your prior server infiltrations.]