I don't understand a bunch of those words that I'm pretty sure I'd need to understand to know what you're talking about.
[The "tiny medieval mind" jibe gets a frown and a twinge on his face, a slight set of his jaw, that gives away that it struck a nerve. He knows that smarter people probably would've avoided this. Would be able to figure all this out. The strange lights and sounds and horseless carts and moving people behind their panes of glass that...aren't there at all? They're just...pictures?]
[He wishes Callum were here. Callum's the high mage. He's got that nerdy little brain that can figure out ancient tomes and stuff, and he was smart enough to do things human mages hadn't done in like forever. He'd be better at this. He'd figure it out and Soren could just follow his lead.]
Look, I know I'm not the smartest [It's an odd admission, stated as objective fact] but pictures are - they're -
[Words fail him for a second.]
They're a thing on a surface. How can they just move?
[He's trying to grasp it now, but his tone makes it clear he's not entirely sure he's not just being screwed with by someone. It wouldn't be the first time.]
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[The "tiny medieval mind" jibe gets a frown and a twinge on his face, a slight set of his jaw, that gives away that it struck a nerve. He knows that smarter people probably would've avoided this. Would be able to figure all this out. The strange lights and sounds and horseless carts and moving people behind their panes of glass that...aren't there at all? They're just...pictures?]
[He wishes Callum were here. Callum's the high mage. He's got that nerdy little brain that can figure out ancient tomes and stuff, and he was smart enough to do things human mages hadn't done in like forever. He'd be better at this. He'd figure it out and Soren could just follow his lead.]
Look, I know I'm not the smartest [It's an odd admission, stated as objective fact] but pictures are - they're -
[Words fail him for a second.]
They're a thing on a surface. How can they just move?
[He's trying to grasp it now, but his tone makes it clear he's not entirely sure he's not just being screwed with by someone. It wouldn't be the first time.]