SWITCHBOARD

[wordsmithery]

If you're deciding to actually use that phone in your room, go right ahead; the Wordsmith is a busy man but he's often around, and he has no real reason not to talk to you, assuming that you do it correctly.

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[wordsmithery]

Try again.

[uncouthhatcher]

Third time's the charm, I guess.

[LET'S DO IT AGAIN. I'M SO SORRY.]

Smitty?

[wordsmithery]

Hello, Mischievous.

[uncouthhatcher]

The hell?! I'm callin' home, so patch me through!

[Wordsmith? More like Operator.]

[wordsmithery]

Of course not. Did you think that would actually work?

[uncouthhatcher]

Well obviously! Why the hell can we only call you? That's bullshit! I gotta give my mom a head's up about this place! And what if we wanna talk to our fellow student-- apprentices, whatever, without movin' from the bed, huh?!

[wordsmithery]

Contact with the outside world isn't possible. And your second point can be resolved with the bare minimum amount of effort.

[uncouthhatcher]

Have seen the hallways? They're long as hell! My best friend's way far away from me! [...] Not that he'd wanna talk on the phone anyway, there ain't a single thing he trusts in this place but me.

[Paranoid for good reason, apparently. What bullshit.]

It's more about if it's like, three in the mornin' and I don't wanna get up but I need to talk to him about something. And no, some things can't wait until after sleep.