[ With his sock being deemed a worthy sacrifice to the washing machine he is going to take a moment to remove it. It's not as simple as just taking off his shoes when he wears spats over them so it will take more than a second but he can answer any questions in the meantime...although they're both in the same boat here. A thoughtful expression crosses his features at the mention of the wash cycle, the following terms are easier to comprehend, however. ]

Let's see. If we look at the words separately perhaps it would be easier to understand. Well, we know that these machines wash clothes so they must go through the steps of washing them. Like rinsing and squeezing the excess water out...

[ As he speaks his attention is drawn to the washing machine because... how is it going to do all that? But he has a sock in his hand ready to be offered up. ] We may just need to observe how it is done.

But we need to find that detergent and fabric softener.