Tommy reached for the conch, vaguely remembering chatting with Cora about conch shells on the network, and wondered if this worked by magic as well. He did as Cris showed him, and put the shell to his ear, and listened to the man's voice. Despite his mood, he found himself trying to work out what was going on, but then realized he was being rude to Cris.
How did he turn it off? He moved the shell round to see how it worked, before looking over to Cris. He put the shell to his ear, then pointed up. Would it work out of water? Then he put his hand over the opening. Could he stop the voice?