Hickey raises an eyebrow, wry little smile on his face, as he points out, "If you need that secondary pair of boots, acquire it like how I acquired mine."

Aka 'steal them off a corpse.' Hickey is talking about grave robbing in a very casual manner as he muses, "After all, we've got a surplus. Something always happens that'll leave a few bodies in the wake."

If it's not whatever that was where everyone went a bit mental, it'll be the Darkwalker.