AVERNEBB: I've been contemplating motive. After a bit of digging, I found a footnote that suggests that F'Sherl-Ganni horns are wafers, so perhaps―
EBBY: *interrupting* Slow down. "Wafers?"
AVERNEBB: W.A.F.R....
It's a WOM implementation.
EBBY: So, not cookies.
AVERNEBB: W.A.F.R. stands for "Write-And-Forget Register." It's a write-only memory system for data nobody needs, but that nobody wants to lose.
EBBY: Oh, for the love of bloody, blinking sand.
EBBY: The amputated horns are the archive we're supposed to recover.
AVERNEBB: Oh. I guess this discussion was helpful?
EBBY: This discussion should have started with "Wafer means mission objective."