[ she watches as well, curious. admittedly, she's watched other people play with tech that looks like this before - she's just never done it herself.

when he asks how she manipulated it, she gives a light shrug. ]

I've seen people use very old contraptions back home just by touching. This wouldn't respond to me at first, but it seems to respond to specific gestures. Like -

[ she waves her hand to the right, sending the map turning. then she raises her other hand and puts two fingers together, pulling them apart and making it zoom in on her dot. ]

- so. Admittedly, I picked that last one up watching others.