Recovery shenanigans pt 2

Who: Fenard and an old friend of his
where: mess hall
"Rico! You sly smegger, where the smeg have you been!?!" Kevn
slapped Rico's shoulder.
"Been around man, been around... I heard the Blue Dwarf was near
here and I got over here as fast as I could."
"So you got here, and you're still alive. How's the mining biz
treating ya?"
"Not so good eh... I was on the Teal Giant, and someone aparently
wanted to tinker with the plasma drills and drilled a guarter of the
ship. It was terrible, it was so cramped for a big ship. So I
decided to go somewhere else that would promise me a better living
situation..." Rico paused...
"You want a job here don't you?" Kevn said.
"Could you hook your amigo up man? I've been living in a 60 year
old shuttle for the past week." Rico began to beg.
"You know, you're good at mining and we need some miners. Hell we
need miners period."
"Kev... are you saying you're on a mining ship... that doesn't have
any miners!" Rico laughed, "Soooo.... Do I get the job?"
"I cant see why not?" Kevn began to rub his feet, the floor was
cold.
"Oh and I forgot..." Rico sifted through his backpack, "I knew
you'd want these. Especially now."
Rico pulled out a pair of dark gray socks, "Happy late birthday
man."
"Socks... great man I need to get my feet warm..." Kevn took the
pair.
"They ain't any normal pair of socks Kev... Those are Ion-Soks"
"Ion-Soks!!! Thease are difficult to come by man how'd you get
them?" Kevn began to slip on the socks, they clicked and began to
warm his feet instantly.
Ion-Soks: On the outside they are a normal pair of socks, but once
you put them on their going to be your best friend. They are
durable, tough, strong, resistant to damage, and they're fuzzy bear
soft. They were recomended by the Space Corps to be worn at all
times, and no one complained. It replaced their shoes so no more
mucking about the shoe section looking for that pair that fits.
Because one Ion-Sok size fits all, it stretches and fits its owner's
feet perfectly. The reason why they've stopped making them is
because shoe industries where now going out of business, they
started destroying the shipments in a fueled attempt to restore
themselves as king of the feet huggers. Sadly they got away with
it. People,of course, weren't happy about this, so they kidnapped
the man who designed the socks and created the Sok Market, the Black
Market for Ion-Soks, and started to sell them again. So anyone
willing enough to get ahold of Ion-Soks could buy them for a meger 3
dollarpounds.
Kevn popped his toes as the Ion-Soks did their magic, the socks
that could replace boots.
"Thanks man, We'll need these for future endeavors..." Kevn got up
and got another candy bar from the machine.
Rico went to the makedhift pub and bought to lagers. Then both of
them began to watch the news on Groovy Channel 27. When Kevn noticed
that everyone in the room (with the exception of Rico and himself)
were bored as smeg. "Rico. Do you still have your boombox?"