diff --git a/facilservil.asd b/facilservil.asd
index 2066d65..a61c1d0 100755
--- a/facilservil.asd
+++ b/facilservil.asd
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 (defsystem "facilservil"
-  :version "0.1"
+  :version "0.2"
   :author "Jaidyn Lev <jadedctrl@teknik.io>"
   :license "CC0"
   :depends-on ("usocket" "trivial-utf-8" "alexandria" "nih")
diff --git a/src/client.lisp b/src/client.lisp
index c7e86d6..5bdbb62 100644
--- a/src/client.lisp
+++ b/src/client.lisp
@@ -11,42 +11,83 @@
   (random 999999))
 
 ;; STRING --> STRING
-(defun make-client-input-id (client-id)
+(defun client-data-id (client-id data)
   "Make an 'input ID' from a client-id."
-  (format nil "~A-input" client-id))
+  (format nil "~A-~A" client-id data))
 
-(defun make-client-output-id (client-id)
-  "Make an 'output ID' from a client-id."
-  (format nil "~A-output" client-id))
+
+;; -------------------------------------
+
+
+;; SOCKET --> NUMBER
+(defun socket-to-client (socket)
+  "Return the client of a socket."
+  (cadr (socket-pair socket)))
+
+
+;; NUMBER --> SOCKET
+(defun client-to-socket (client)
+  "Return the socket of a client."
+  (car (client-pair client)))
+
+
+
+;; NUMBER --> LIST
+(defun client-pair (client)
+  "Return the '(socket client) pair of a client."
+  (nih:getf-cadr *socket-client* client))
+
+
+;; SOCKET --> LIST
+(defun socket-pair (socket)
+  "Return the '(socket client) pair of a socket."
+  (nih:getf-car *socket-client* socket))
+
+
+;; -------------------------------------
+
+
+;; NUMBER STRING DATA --> NIL
+(defun client-data-set (client data value)
+  "Set a piece of a `client`'s `data` to `value`."
+
+  (setf
+    (gethash (client-data-id client data) *client-data*)
+    value))
+
+
+;; NUMBER STRING --> ???
+(defun client-data-get (client data)
+  "Get the value of a client's `data` from *client-data*."
+  (gethash (client-data-id client data) *client-data*))
+
+
+;; NUMBER STRING --> NIL
+(defun client-data-rem (client data)
+  "Remove a piece of client's `data` from *client-data*."
+  (remhash (client-data-id client data) *client-data*))
 
 
 ;; -------------------------------------
 
 
 ;; SOCKET --> NIL
-(defun client-register (socket)
-  "Register a new client; add their data to globals, log it, etc."
+(defun socket-register (socket)
+  "Register a new socket; add their data to globals, log it, etc."
 
-  (let* ((client-id (make-client-id))
-	 (socket-id (make-socket-id socket))
-	 (output-id (make-client-output-id client-id))
-	 (input-id (make-client-input-id client-id)))
+  (let* ((client-id (make-client-id)))
 
     (setq *socket-list* (concatenate 'list *socket-list* (list socket)))
-    (setq *client-socket-list* (concatenate 'list *client-socket-list*
-					    (list socket)))
 
+    (setq *socket-client* (concatenate 'list *socket-client*
+				       (list (list socket client-id))))
+    (setq *csocket-list* (concatenate 'list *csocket-list*
+				      (list socket)))
     (setq
-      *client-list*
-      (concatenate 'list *client-list* (list client-id)))
-    (setf
-      (gethash client-id *client-pairs*) socket-id)
-    (setf
-      (gethash socket-id *socket-pairs*) client-id)
-    (setf
-      (gethash output-id *client-data*) '())
-    (setf
-      (gethash input-id *client-data*) '())
+      *client-list* (concatenate 'list *client-list*
+				 (list client-id)))
+
+    (client-data-set client-id "input" '())
 
     (journal (format nil "Client ~A has connected!" client-id) "Connect")))
 
@@ -54,21 +95,23 @@
 ;; -------------------------------------
 
 
-(defun client-slaughter (socket)
+;; NUMBER --> NIL
+(defun client-slaughter (client)
+  "Clean up data from client, and disconnect their socket."
+  (socket-slaughter (client-to-socket client)))
+
+
+;; SOCKET --> NIL
+(defun socket-slaughter (socket)
   "Clean up data from a client, and disconnect their socket."
 
-  (let* ((socket-id (make-socket-id socket))
-	 (client-id (gethash socket-id *socket-pairs*))
-	 (output-id (make-client-output-id client-id))
-	 (input-id (make-client-input-id client-id)))
+  (let* ((client-id (socket-to-client socket)))
 
-    (remhash socket-id *socket-pairs*)
-    (remhash client-id *client-pairs*)
-    (remhash client-id *client-data*)
-    (remhash input-id *client-data*)
-    (setq *client-list* (delete client-id *client-list*))
+    (client-data-rem client-id "input")
+    (setq *socket-client* (delete (socket-pair socket) *socket-client*))
     (setq *socket-list* (delete socket *socket-list*))
-    (setq *client-socket-list* (delete socket *client-socket-list*))
+    (setq *client-list* (delete client-id *client-list*))
+    (setq *csocket-list* (delete socket *csocket-list*))
 
     (usocket:socket-close socket)
     (journal
diff --git a/src/ex.lisp b/src/ex.lisp
index d47d891..30f402e 100644
--- a/src/ex.lisp
+++ b/src/ex.lisp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 (defun connect-ex (socket client-id)
   "Example connection handler-- sends a friendly welcome message!"
 
-  (client-write socket
+  (client-write client-id
 		(format nil "Hey, welcome to this server, ~A! <3" client-id)
 		'T))
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 	       (format nil "Sorry, I didn't hear that quite right.~%")
 	       (format nil "Did you say, \"~A?\"" reversed-input))))
 
-      (client-write socket output-string 'T))))
+      (client-write client-id output-string 'T))))
 
 
 (defun halt-ex ()
diff --git a/src/io.lisp b/src/io.lisp
index 1e32af7..73f620b 100644
--- a/src/io.lisp
+++ b/src/io.lisp
@@ -1,23 +1,25 @@
 (in-package :facilservil)
 
 
+;; -------------------------------------
+;; SOCKET I/O
+
+
 ;; SOCKET --> NIL
-(defun client-read (socket)
+(defun socket-read (socket)
   "Read new input from a client socket to its `stack` list of bytes."
 
-  (let* ((socket-id   (make-socket-id socket))
-	 (client-id   (gethash socket-id *socket-pairs*))
-	 (input-id    (make-client-input-id client-id))
-	 (input-stack (gethash input-id *client-data*)))
-
-    (setf (gethash input-id *client-data*)
-	  (concatenate 'list input-stack
-		       (list (read-byte (usocket:socket-stream socket)))))))
+  (let* ((client-id   (socket-to-client socket))
+	 (input-stack (client-data-get client-id "input")))
 
+    (client-data-set
+      client-id "input"
+      (concatenate 'list input-stack
+		   (list (read-byte (usocket:socket-stream socket)))))))
 
 
 ;; SOCKET LIST/ARRAY --> NIL
-(defun client-write-bytes (socket bytes)
+(defun socket-write-bytes (socket bytes)
   "Write bytes to a client socket."
 
   (let ((sstream (usocket:socket-stream socket))
@@ -35,65 +37,128 @@
     (force-output sstream)))
 
 
-
 ;; SOCKET STRING [BOOLEAN] --> NIL
-(defun client-write (socket string &optional (line-break nil))
-  "Writes a string to a client socket-- w/o line-break, by default."
+(defun socket-write (socket string &optional (line-break nil))
+  "Writes a string to a socket-- w/o line-break, by default."
 
-  (client-write-bytes
+  (socket-write-bytes
     socket
-    (trivial-utf-8:string-to-utf-8-bytes
+    (tu8:string-to-utf-8-bytes
       (if line-break
 	(format nil "~A~%" string)
 	string))))
 
 
-;; SOCKET --> NIl
-(defun client-input-flush (socket)
-  "Clean all input from a socket."
+;; STRING [BOOLEAN] [SOCKET] --> NIL
+(defun socket-broadcast (string &optional (line-break nil) (exception nil))
+  "Writes a `string` to all client sockets (aside from an `exception`--
+						  w/o line-break, by default."
 
-  (let* ((socket-id   (make-socket-id socket))
-	 (client-id   (gethash socket-id *socket-pairs*))
-	 (input-id    (make-client-input-id client-id)))
-
-    (setf (gethash input-id *client-data*) '())))
+						  (client-broadcast string line-break
+								    (ignore-errors (socket-to-client exception))))
 
 
-;; STRING BOOLEAN --> NIL
-(defun client-broadcast (string &optional (line-break nil))
-  "Writes a string to all client sockets-- w/o line-break, by default."
+  ;; SOCKET --> NIL
+  (defun socket-input-flush (socket)
+    "Clean all input from a socket."
 
-  (mapcar
-    (lambda (socket) (client-write socket string line-break))
-    *client-socket-list*))
+    (let ((client-id   (socket-to-client socket)))
+      (client-data-set client-id "input" '())))
 
 
-;; SOCKET --> STRING
-(defun client-input-string (socket)
-  "Get input from a client as a string."
+  ;; SOCKET --> STRING
+  (defun socket-input-string (socket)
+    "Get input from a socket as a string."
 
-  (let* ((socket-id (make-socket-id socket))
-	 (client-id (gethash socket-id *socket-pairs*))
-	 (input-id (make-client-input-id client-id))
-	 (input-bytes (gethash input-id *client-data*))
-	 (sanitized-bytes (remove-newline-bytes input-bytes)))
-
-    (ignore-errors (trivial-utf-8:utf-8-bytes-to-string sanitized-bytes))))
+    (client-input-string (socket-to-client socket)))
 
 
- 
-;; -------------------------------------
- 
- 
- 
-(defun remove-newline-bytes (bytes)
-  (remove 13 (remove 10 bytes)))
 
-(defun commandp (socket)
-  (let* ((socket-id (make-socket-id socket))
-	 (client-id (gethash socket-id *socket-pairs*))
-	 (input-id (make-client-input-id client-id))
-	 (input-bytes (gethash input-id *client-data*))
-	 (last-byte (car (last input-bytes))))
+  ;; -------------------------------------
+  ;; CLIENT I/O
 
-    (eq *command-byte* last-byte)))
+
+
+  ;; NUMBER --> NIL
+  (defun client-read (client)
+    "Read new input from a client to their stack of input bytes."
+
+    (socket-read (client-to-socket client)))
+
+
+  ;; NUMBER LIST --> NIL
+  (defun client-write-bytes (client bytes)
+    "Write bytes to a client's socket."
+    (format t "CLIENT-TO-SOCKET: " (client-to-socket client))
+
+    (socket-write-bytes (client-to-socket client) bytes))
+
+
+  ;; NUMBER STRING [BOOLEAN] --> NIL
+  (defun client-write (client string &optional (line-break nil))
+    "Writes a string to a client's socket-- w/o line-break, default."
+
+    (socket-write (client-to-socket client) string line-break))
+
+
+  ;; NUMBER --> NIL
+  (defun client-input-flush (client)
+    "Clean up input from a client."
+
+    (socket-input-flush (client-to-socket client)))
+
+
+  ;; STRING [BOOLEAN] [SOCKET] --> NIL
+  (defun client-broadcast (string &optional (line-break nil) (exception nil))
+    "Writes a `string` to all client sockets (aside from an `exception`--
+						    w/o line-break, by default."
+
+						    (mapcar
+						      (lambda (client)
+							(if (not (eq client exception))
+							  (client-write client string line-break)))
+						      *client-list*))
+
+
+    ;; NUMBER --> STRING
+    (defun client-input-string (client)
+      "Get input from a client as a string."
+
+      (let* ((input-bytes (client-data-get client "input"))
+	     (sanitized-bytes (remove-newline-bytes input-bytes)))
+
+	(ignore-errors (trivial-utf-8:utf-8-bytes-to-string sanitized-bytes))))
+
+
+
+    ;; -------------------------------------
+    ;; MISC.
+
+
+
+    ;; LIST --> LIST
+    (defun remove-newline-bytes (bytes)
+      "Remove undesired bytes-- null, LF, CR, etc, from a list of bytes."
+
+      (remove 0 (remove 10 (remove 13 bytes))))
+
+
+    ;; SOCKET
+    (defun commandp (byte-list command-byte)
+      "Returns whether or not a command is complete, judging on it's bytes."
+
+      (let* ((last-byte (car (last byte-list))))
+
+	(eq command-byte last-byte)))
+
+
+    ;; STRING STRING
+    (defun strequal (str1 str2)
+      "Returns whether or not strings are equal-- in their UTF bytes."
+
+      (let ((str1-u
+	      (delete 0 (tu8:string-to-utf-8-bytes str1)))
+	    (str2-u
+	      (delete 0 (tu8:string-to-utf-8-bytes str2))))
+
+	(equalp str1-u str2-u)))
diff --git a/src/meta.lisp b/src/meta.lisp
index 7506b71..4096626 100644
--- a/src/meta.lisp
+++ b/src/meta.lisp
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@
 ;; DATA [STRING] --> STRING
 (defun journal (data &optional (name "unnamed"))
   "Print out a piece of data for logging on stdout."
-
   (format t "~A | ~A~%" (force-string-length name 10)  data))
 
 
 (defun standard-journaling ())
 
 
+;; -------------------------------------
+
 
 ;; LIST --> STRING
 (defun print-bytes (bytes)
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@
 
   (if bytes
     (format t "~A"
-	    (ignore-errors (trivial-utf-8:utf-8-bytes-to-string bytes)))))
+	    (ignore-errors (tu8:utf-8-bytes-to-string bytes)))))
 
 
 ;; STRING NUMBER [STRING} --> STRING
diff --git a/src/package.lisp b/src/package.lisp
index 1bef822..b680ca5 100644
--- a/src/package.lisp
+++ b/src/package.lisp
@@ -1,22 +1,38 @@
 (defpackage :facilservil
   (:use :cl)
+  (:nicknames :fs)
   (:export
 
+    *socket-client*
+
     *socket-list*
-    *socket-pairs*
+    *csocket-list*
 
     *client-list*
-    *client-pairs*
     *client-data*
-    *client-socket-list*
 
     :journal
 
     :client-write
     :cline-write-bytes
     :client-broadcast
+    :client-read
     :client-slaughter
 
+    :socket-write
+    :socket-write-bytes
+    :socket-broadcast
+    :socket-read
+    :socket-register
+    :socket-slaughter
+
+    :client-data-get
+    :client-data-set
+    :client-data-rem
+
+    :socket-to-client
+    :client-to-socket
+
     :connect-ex
     :disconnect-ex
     :input-handle-ex
@@ -28,6 +44,11 @@
     :server-shutdown
     :server-reboot
 
+    :strequal
+
     :server))
 
 (in-package :facilservil)
+
+
+(rename-package :trivial-utf-8 :trivial-utf-8 (list :tu8))
diff --git a/src/server.lisp b/src/server.lisp
index f2c37bf..ca34434 100644
--- a/src/server.lisp
+++ b/src/server.lisp
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 (in-package :facilservil)
 
 ;; -------------------------------------
-;; GLOAL VARIABLES
+;; GLOBAL VARIABLES
 
-(defvar *socket-list* '())
-(defvar *socket-pairs* '())
+(defvar *socket-client* '())
 
 (defvar *client-list* '())
-(defvar *client-socket-list* '())
-(defvar *client-pairs* '())
 (defvar *client-data* '())
 
-(defvar *command-byte* 10)
+(defvar *socket-list* '())
+(defvar *csocket-list* '())
+
 
 
 (defun reset-globals ()
   "Set all global variables to default state."
-  (setq *socket-pairs* (make-hash-table :test 'equal))
-  (setq *client-list* '())
-  (setq *client-socket-list* '())
-  (setq *client-pairs* (make-hash-table :test 'equal))
+  (setq *socket-client* '()) ;; list correlating client IDs and sockets
+
+  (setq *client-list* '())  ;; list of client (ID numbers)
   (setq *client-data* (make-hash-table :test 'equal))
-  (setq *command-byte* 10))
+
+  (setq *socket-list* '())  ;; all sockets
+  (setq *csocket-list* '())) ;; all sockets except for master socket
 
 
 ;; -------------------------------------
@@ -48,9 +48,8 @@
   (let* ((master-socket
 	   (usocket:socket-listen host port
 				  :reuse-address 'T
-				  :element-type '(unsigned-byte 8))))
+				  :element-type 'unsigned-byte )))
     (reset-globals)
-    (setq *command-byte* command-byte)
     (setq *socket-list* (list master-socket))
 
     (unwind-protect
@@ -66,40 +65,37 @@
 	     (let ((new-socket (usocket:socket-accept socket)))
 
 	       ;; add data to client-pairs, socket-pairs, client-data vv
-	       (client-register new-socket) 
+	       (socket-register new-socket)
 
 	       ;; execute user-provided #'connecting ^-^
-	       (let* ((socket-id (make-socket-id new-socket))
-		      (client-id (gethash socket-id *socket-pairs*)))
-		 (funcall connecting new-socket client-id))))
+	       (funcall connecting new-socket (socket-to-client new-socket))))
 
 
 	    ;; ...if functioning old connection...
 	    ((listen (usocket:socket-stream socket))
-	     (progn (client-read socket)
+	     (progn (socket-read socket)
 		    ;; check if command is complete-- if so, use user-provided
 		    ;; input-handler.
-		    (let* ((socket-id (make-socket-id socket))
-			   (client-id (gethash socket-id *socket-pairs*))
-			   (client-input (client-input-string socket)))
+		    (let* ((client-id (socket-to-client socket))
+			   (client-bytes (client-data-get client-id "input"))
+			   (client-input (client-input-string client-id)))
+		      (journal client-input "Client Input")
 
 		      ;; if reached *command-byte*, handle and flush input
-		      (if (commandp socket)
-			(progn (funcall input-handler socket client-id client-input)
-			       (client-input-flush socket))))))
+		      (if (commandp client-bytes command-byte)
+			(progn
+			  (funcall input-handler socket client-id client-input)
+			  (socket-input-flush socket))))))
 
 
 	    ;; ...if EOF connection or error... </3
 	    ('T
-	     (let* ((socket-id (make-socket-id socket))
-		    (client-id (gethash socket-id *socket-pairs*)))
+	     ;; execute user-provided #'disconnecting ;-;
+	     (funcall disconnecting socket (socket-to-client socket))
+	     (socket-slaughter socket))))
 
-	       ;; execute user-provided #'disconnecting ;-;
-	       (funcall disconnecting socket client-id)
-	       (client-slaughter socket))))
-
-	  ;; now, let's write that shit down
-	  (standard-journaling)))
+	;; now, let's write that shit down
+	(standard-journaling))
 
       ;; unwind-protect's cleanup form:
       ;; if error, shut down gracefully.