diff --git a/hoon/codegen/lib/skan.hoon b/hoon/codegen/lib/skan.hoon
index 4d59a92..7d99cfe 100644
--- a/hoon/codegen/lib/skan.hoon
+++ b/hoon/codegen/lib/skan.hoon
@@ -221,21 +221,18 @@
           [%0 a=@]
         ?:  =(0 @)  ~&  [%fast-bad-clue clue]  gen
         :: register child core
-        =/  butt  (~(pull so sock.bite) 2)
-        ?~  butt
-          ~&  %fast-miss-batt  gen
-        =*  batt  u.butt
+        =/  batt  (~(pull so sock.bite) 2)
         ?.  =(& cape.batt)  ~&  [%fast-hide-batt pell]  gen
         ?.  ?=(^ data.batt)  gen
-        =/  perk  (~(pull so sock.bite) a.pare.clue)
-        ?~  perk  ~&  %fast-lost-sire  gen
-        =*  park  u.perk
+        =/  park  (~(pull so sock.bite) a.pare.clue)
+        :: XX ???
+        :: ?.  =(& cape.park)  ~&  %fast-lost-sire  gen
         =/  past=(set path)
           ?.  =(& cape.park)  ~
           (~(get ju root.cole.gen) data.park)
         =/  bork  (~(pull so park) 2)
-        =?  past  ?&(?=(^ bork) =(& cape.u.bork) ?=(^ data.u.bork))
-          (~(uni in past) (~(get ju batt.cole.gen) data.u.bork))
+        =?  past  &(?=(%& cape.bork) ?=(^ data.bork))
+          (~(uni in past) (~(get ju batt.cole.gen) data.bork))
         =/  pale  ~(tap in past)
         |-  ^-  lore
         =*  pale-loop  $
@@ -479,11 +476,10 @@
       ::
           [%0 axe=@]
         ?:  =(0 axe.form)  [[[%not 0] [~ | ~]] gen]
-        =/  salt  (~(pull so sock.less) axe.form)
-        ?~  salt  [[[%not axe.form] [~ | ~]] gen]
         :_  gen
-        :-  [%not axe.form]
-        [(~(ask qui prot.less) axe.form) u.salt]
+        :+  [%not axe.form]
+          (~(ask qui prot.less) axe.form)
+        (~(pull so sock.less) axe.form)
       ::
           [%1 n=*]
         [[[%one n.form] [~ & n.form]] gen]
@@ -647,10 +643,9 @@
     %-  ~(rep in q)
     |:  [s=*sock b=b]
     =/  batt  (~(pull so s) 2)
-    ?~  batt  b
-    ?.  =(& cape.u.batt)  ~&  [%cold-miss-batt p]  b
+    ?.  =(& cape.batt)  ~&  [%cold-miss-batt p]  b
     ::  split up battery at autocons sites
-    =*  f  data.u.batt
+    =*  f  data.batt
     =/  a=@  1
     |-  ^-  _b
     ?.  ?=([^ *] f)
diff --git a/hoon/codegen/lib/soak.hoon b/hoon/codegen/lib/soak.hoon
index 590a6e6..22e9e8e 100644
--- a/hoon/codegen/lib/soak.hoon
+++ b/hoon/codegen/lib/soak.hoon
@@ -219,19 +219,24 @@
     ==
   ::    axis
   ::
-  ::  create a sock that is known to be cells down the given axis
+  ::  create a sock that, if known, has cells down the given axis
   ::  and at that axis is one
   ++  pull
     |=  axe=@
-    ^-  (unit sock)
-    ?:  =(0 axe)  ~
-    |-  ^-  (unit sock)
-    ?:  =(1 axe)  `one
-    ?:  ?=(%| cape.one)  `[| ~]
-    ?.  ?=(^ data.one)  ~
-    ?-  (cap axe)
-      %2  $(data.one -.data.one, cape.one ?:(?=(^ cape.one) -.cape.one &), axe (mas axe))
-      %3  $(data.one +.data.one, cape.one ?:(?=(^ cape.one) +.cape.one &), axe (mas axe))
+    ?<  =(0 axe)
+    |-  ^-  sock
+    ?:  =(1 axe)  one
+    ?:  |(?=(%| cape.one) ?=(@ data.one))
+      [| ~]
+    =+  [now lat]=[(cap axe) (mas axe)]
+    ?@  cape.one
+      ?-  now
+        %2  $(axe lat, data.one -.data.one)
+        %3  $(axe lat, data.one +.data.one)
+      ==
+    ?-  now
+      %2  $(axe lat, data.one -.data.one, cape.one -.cape.one)
+      %3  $(axe lat, data.one +.data.one, cape.one +.cape.one)
     ==
   ::    pair
   ::