[He's so terribly, terribly out of his depth; he doesn't let it show, nodding confidently, despite not understanding the question. He lifts his wrist with the device attached.]

This device I've found. I've noticed that others have similar devices too. AI - remind me what that acronym stands for, would you? I can't say I'm used to this sort of technology at all. [And maybe it's not wise to reveal that, but when the enemy is a forest full of monsters, the army becomes the people trying to survive them. He is in no position to reject help.]