[ Hey, give him time, he's been poking it for all of 45 seconds. He'll get there.

Now that he has Dave's attention, though, he just signs. He doesn't mind getting text responses, but he likes to sign. It's his native language, after all. ]

<<'How about a fanboy with the newest Star Wars novel? I'll talk to you later?'>>

[ Yeah, he says that. He also uses the phrase "I hear you" from time to time. ]