[Here he was, expecting to hear about vehicles or weapons or networks or AI or medical technology or any number of highly useful topics, but instead the topic of choice is... entertainment?

He's still holding the smile, though his expression falters just a little. He's... not really sure what to make of this yet. Confused? Disappointed? Some other weird third thing? Hm.]

... Video game console? [repeating the phrase to try and make sense of it... no, it still sounds weird. Dynamo draws in around them (the needles are retracted, it's fine), clustering to get a better angle of the alien device.] Stories... like a book? A recording of a book? I'm not sure I understand how that's a game...

[...

movies also don't exist in elrios... truly a cultural wasteland.]

Let me see. Is the image projected from this tablet?