[ It's a good thing this is audio, because Ellever zones out staring at the wall while she listens to him talk. But she's still paying rapt attention. So much so that she's gone completely still. When he stops his own explanation, she blinks, then lets out a quiet laugh. ]

No, it's okay, I speak babble! [ She'd done it a lot back home when she was theorizing about the cryptids. ] So, you want to collect a diverse group of instruments and then figure out a translation with them? That seems smart. I can poke around the buildings in Beacon, and maybe put out a message to ask what people have?