They gave us a weird little piece of tech, it lets us contact each other, and it turns out we're not all speaking the same language, but we understand each other just fine.

Sure, they could've microchipped us, or -- cast a spell. [ he's so distasteful as he says those words ] But why give us something this bulky if they could do that?

[ it's not really bulky. but compared to a spell or a microchip under their skin? yeah. ]