"Oh, I like it. It's exciting!" he told her, without even a hint of sarcasm. Any sort of new technology was exciting to him. "Aye, good to see your youthful wee face in person, too!" he joked.
"No, never seen one of them before. Our communicator is-" he produced the piece of kit, and placed it in front of her. "So, not much more lightweight, sadly. It's only a communicator. It's range is what makes it impressive, so- bloody well useless here, just- familiar," he explained. "But I've got bugger-all with me. Just this and a phaser, really. Don't tend to take much baggage when jumping at a planet, you know?" he grinned.