He couldn't remember how to put the armor back on. No one had ever let him take it off before. Not alone, anyway, but boredom was a babysitter that encouraged all manner of task. So after prodding the memory unit with his fingers and clunking his helmet against it, he decided he didn't need armor anymore. It was probably in the way. Or worse- maybe it scared Epsilon.
Now, the armor sat in a sloppy pile by Tex's body, shining more from falling in the river than Caboose properly cleaning it. The memory unit was just as uselessly planted beside the two empty armors. Perfect!
"See Epsilon! Now you won't be alone when you wake up and Tex and-"
Oh no, Tex is gone away now.
His heart fell away from his ribs at the reminder. "Um, Tex went to sleep. but she'll be back. She likes to be mean to you and hit us. Her armor is empty right now. But you're not empty." he lifted the memory unit away with steady hands and carried it to the mouth of blue base, Epsilons inside. It's not empty.
He sat beside it, naked as the day he was born and sighed.
Before armor time, he was going to need to figure out clothes time.