Cassie picked up the Data Pad, studying it with intense fascination. She tapped her fingers away, with mixed looks of confusion and understanding at the various functions of the small Data Pad.
She scrolled through menus of letters and words, of whose symbols were alien to her, until she stopped at a symbol, something to do with audio. Another few seconds passed as she found a variety of words, with matching phonetic recordings. She looked for words that would explain what she was trying to say, and pressed her ear to the speaker to listen for the sounds she wanted.
Soon enough, she had pieced together a short message for Ben Warner. She turned the screen so he could read it.
"I want to help people"
She smiled nervously, erasing her message to write another,
