+1 Italian polymath

[keepyour_finger]

It's usually a safe bet that finding yourself in the Nexus unexpectedly is a jarring experience. That's certainly how Leonardo's finding it, although his response isn't entirely negative.

If anything, it's quite the opposite; he's only made it as far as the Plaza, but he's already completely enthralled with the place. He has no idea how he's gotten here, or why the door to his workshop has led him to this new, strange place, but he's happy to worry about how to get home later. With a notebook held open in his right hand and his left scribbling barely legible notes, he wanders and watches and takes in everything around him, excitedly muttering things to himself every now and then.

When someone wanders by talking on a phone, he openly stops and stares after them, wide eyed in wonderment as he asks a question that he's not expecting anyone to actually answer.

"Come affascinante...un dispositivo do registrazione, forse..?" Shaking his head in disbelief, he can't keep the wide smile of anticipation off of his face. "Che concetto fantastico!"

*How fascinating...a recording device, perhaps? - What a fantastic concept!

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[keepyour_finger]

Words and phrases like data and phone are completely alien to him, and despite being given permission to use it to take a picture, Leonardo's a little hesitant to at first - he doesn't want to risk breaking this marvellous little machine, not when he's only just gotten to hold it.

"And that's all I have to do? Just press it?"

He doesn't know what he means by 'saving images', but he's keen to find out. When he finally does press the icon and it clicks, he waits a moment for something else to happen. He's not sure what, exactly, but it seems like a good thing to do.

[icebearforpresident]

"Yes. There's a circle on the back of the phone. It captures a still image, then make the picture show up."

Ice Bear watches with curiosity, giving Leonardo all the space and time he needs. Once the click goes off, the bear leans in and taps a small little icon with a butterfly on it. Within seconds, the picture that was recently taken shows up on the screen.

"Ice Bear doesn't know how it works in detail. But, Ice Bear can take you to a place where a phone can be purchased."

[keepyour_finger]

In turn, Leonardo just watches in total dismay, eyes widening when he sees the image on the screen, just as promised. He has very little idea how to start processing this information, and the suggestion that he could own something like this?

Ice Bear's phone is given back to him before he can drop it from excitement - this is beyond anything he's ever seen before, or anything he'd even dreamed of inventing, and he's adamant that he needs to know how it works in the near future.

"That would be most appreciated - I have never come across anything like this, it's quite incredible!" Almost as incredible as the fact that he's still speaking in coherent English. "Ah- forgive me, signore, I have not introduced myself."

And then, with a polite little bow of the head, "I am Leonardo Da Vinci. It's a pleasure."