"Oh! A phone is a two-way audio transmitter," Vette explained. "A comm, basically. So the number is the connection code you use to contact another particular device. I'm guessing you're going to need a phone, huh? I can hook you up. I have a bunch I put together from spare parts I keep in my room for when I feel like tinkering."

She always felt like tinkering.

"And the classes... really depend on what you're taking and who's teaching," she added. "Like, I took a whole class about cooking using bananas last term. That... was weird. But there are a lot of classes about self-defence that are useful, too."