[Thom has the good grace to look a little embarrassed at the hearing comment,
especially considering some people nearby had stopped to look at him too.] Wow, they should really offer a class to help us figure out these things. [He speaks quickly, nerves making him stop just short of tripping over his words.]

I mean, can you believe that I've never even had a cell phone before and here I am using a little mini-hero to talk to people? [He legitimately used payphones still, the only form of portable communication he had was the League decoder ring and all it does is vibrate when there's an emergency.]