“Okaaay,” he elongated the vowel, like a confused person might do. But he was trying.
“Shiny space swords use crystals to focus energy into an self-contained arch?” he asked. The concept wasn’t entirely foreign to Earth technology. There were already applications here on Earth for such techniques, just no swords.
“And the crystals I used are now saying ‘Hi,’ to me?” This is where he got confused again.