"I believe you."

"I hope you can get used to living underground."

"...Mm."

"- is that even a major part of what's bothering you or is it the slavery thing?"

"...I like the sun."

"Suit yourself, I guess. Or, uh, don't but be wistful about it, in this case."

"Thanks.  ...Does your spell that lets you understand English also let you read it?"

"Comprehend Langauges lets me read any language as well as understand it spoken."

"Do you read a lot of fiction?"

"Yeah, though often I don't keep the books after I've been through them a couple times, they have great resale value."

"You should read mine before you sell them.  ...Also - um, never mind."

"- if you say so. Actually, if they're good I should copy them a bunch and sell the copies."

"Oh!  Is all ink expensive or just the magic kind?"

"Paper is way more expensive than normal ink! For paper you need surface stuff, you can make ink out of soot or some monster substances."

"No way to sub out mushrooms?"

"Not for paper. Some people make careers of stealing, among other things, paper from upstairs."

"...Do you guys have printing presses?

"I don't recognize the phrase? I'd be copying your books with a cantrip, Scrivener's Chant."

"Oh."

"Are the things you know about better?"

"How does yours work?"

"I get a blank book, I have the one I'm copying open next to it, I can get through a book in a few hours that way if that's all I'm focusing on. Needs ink. Comes out in my handwriting but I can still do it if my hands are messed up."

"I think printing presses are worse down here.  I'm pretty sure it could do hundreds of copies faster than that way, but not one."

"...how would it do hundreds of copies faster but not one?"

"Um, I meant than that way could do hundreds of copies.  You - carve out a bunch of letters, and then arrange them to say what you want to, and that takes longer than writing the same amount of stuff, but you can stamp it as many times as you want before you do the next one."