Sometimes when I have to answer a call from an unknown number, I’ll pick up but won’t say anything. A human will say something when they hear it stop ringing, but most bots listen for voice activity before they start their recording so they’ll just stay silent as long as you do.

Pumping room? You mean the closet with the free yummy milk?

I was taught assembler in my second year at school

It’s kind of like construction work

With a toothpick, for a tool

~ The Eternal Flame, by Bob Kanefsky

They are ghosts. You just won’t find out until they return to their bodies after they’re unfrozen.

He ain’t wrong though.