[Thank goodness, someone with at least some level of what she considered 'modern' communication. It didn't beat out telepathy quite yet but maybe in another few hundred years...]

Not really. It's just like a walkie but with writing as well as sound. I'm a little disappointed there isn't video yet but that took a good thirty or so years even in a place that didn't rely on rum to make water safe to drink.

[Bridget spotted a potential store and slowed to a stop so she could take a look through the little window.]