"[Work-around it is then,]" Jonas said. It seemed as though it ought to be possible to figure something out. He paused a moment. "[My apologies, you are here about joining Programming, yes? If you are not, we can still find you a work-around, of course.]"

He assumed that Artoo was here to join the department, but it was possible that he was here for another reason entirely. Probable, but not completely certain.