[Better than being yelled at or dismissed out of hand.]

I don't think technology has much to do with it; I'm just not sure if it's magic or something that only works in the dream world.

[Well, that sounds really bad.]

I don't think that'll work. The items don't talk aloud - you can hear the voice in your head when you're holding them. The second you drop them, it goes silent. [And then, because his sanity is forever in question, if only by him:] It's not as crazy as it sounds. It's happened to everyone who's held one of the objects.

Do I want to know what happened?