The advantage to having done this before was that there was less confusion, at least on his part. There was less panic, less blindly running about, less confused queries as to what was going on. It meant that he knew about the general state of nakedness and disorientation, and Clive found that he was now firmly of the opinion that he really didn't want to see the vast majority of his fellow castaways naked. And yet it would happen again and again.

An unexpected side effect, however, was knowing which...what was the phrase? Oh, yes. Grav couches. An unexpected side effect was knowing which ones were (generally speaking) filled when he got into his own and which ones were empty. And so it was when the previously empty one to his right unexpectedly deposited someone, Clive was surprised and yet...right, yes, they said this might happen.

"Oh, hello. I take it that you are new."