Tried some communication experiments with the moist towelette. Reports below:
Experiment 1: Cookie crumbs. Ate some cookies. Got crumbs on a table. The moist towelette moved toward me. Tentatively at first, then more urgently. Suddenly, in one fell swoop, it gathered the crumbs and whisked itself away. When it came back, it was crumbless. It sort of looked at me as if I should be ashamed for making such a mess. Truthfully, I was.
Experiment 2: I gathered four small glasses in front of the moist towelette. Glass A held raspberry punch. Glass B: lime punch. Glass C: orange punch. Glass D: water. The towelette absorbed the raspberry and then twisted itself in strange shapes over the water, causing some of the punch to drip away. Afterward, it laid itself on the table, flat. Most of it was red, but the white spaces formed a word: DOLOB. Then, it dipped itself into the water and wrang itself out until clean. It repeated this regiment with the lime drink, producing the word SREHF. The orange word was NISHLUGT. When it was done, it rinsed itself clean in the water and then performed a twisty, wavy dance while it did its telltale hum. It stopped when it was no longer dripping wet, but appropriately moist, as a moist towelette should be.
I wrote the words in my parchment. I'll need to find a translation.