"I hadn't had the opportunity, yet. They were being given out by men in red suits and false beards, some sort of folk hero costume? No idea." He takes the slate gingerly, and punches in his own contact information, before adding Ashe's to his own. Thankfully they're not actually all that dissimilar to some of the technology from Terra. Gaia's decades if not centuries behind, obviously. "You seem intelligent enough. It takes time to adjust to learn a new skill, but once you've got the hang of it, I'm sure a device like this will prove easy to work with." He hands it back.
"I... cannot say that I have much experience with camaraderie. But I'm not so stupid as to claim that in my current state I can afford to work alone."