The first few times aloft, he did his duty without complaint but one day was discovered unauthorizedly rummaging through a locker containing various items of arctic gear.
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Weird to think Chick did his duty without complaint. I guess Pynchon didn't say "did his duty without insulting the rest of the crew" which is a different thing altogether. He probably also felt grateful, in his way, to have been rescued from his vagabond, fatherless life in KKK territory. He was probably afraid of being abandoned again if he didn't just suck it up and do his duty.
The term "unauthorizedly" is a definite flag that Lindsay Noseworth was the one who discovered him. Who else would give a damn that one of the kids was just trying to stay warm?! Especially the new kid who maybe didn't know he had to fill out a bunch of requisition forms just to get a damned jacket.
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