@Tim_Eagon The book is big and scary until you realize it’s mostly spell tables and the rules themselves are pretty lean.
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>> what's a phonebook?
<< well, you see- back in the day, if you wanted someone's phone number and they didnt give it to you- you could just look it up in a book that had everyone's phone numbers. You could even call businesses and hotlines by searching these big books that were thick enough to be used as booster seats for toddlers.
>> .... that sounds like a lot of numbers
<< well there is a lot of people
>> but everyone has a phone now
<< everyone had a phone, pager or fax machine back then.
>> ...uhh...
<< what?
>> what's that?
<< what's what?
>> the last two. Pager and Fax Machine.
<< We're going to stop here....
@lucifargundam @Ashigaru We did explain pagers to her once.