"Okay. So there are two major ways of communicating across worlds - one is a networked system of technology and magic, which of those you the end-user prefer is a matter of personal taste because they're hooked into each other on the back end but in most worlds computers, the tech option, are easier to come by. And the other is the aforementioned conjuration magic; most worlds the peal is in significant contact with have a mailer demon who conjures messages on a routine basis. The former is for lower-priority messages whenever feasible; the latter is for emergencies, sensitive stuff - in that case you'd also encrypt it - or situations where you don't have access to a computer or crystal ball. I'm going to use email from my computer, here -" He turns it so she can see and demonstrates how he's finding the Interdimensional Inquiries Bureau of an Amentan country, but presently notices when she doesn't seem able to read it. "- ah, nobody's gotten you with Allspeak yet. I have a wand for it if you'd like an installation, it's a small extra charge per person. Universal translation magic."

"Oh, that sounds lovely, alright."

He bops her with the wand and offers her the instruction manual, then looks at the others in the room.

"Sure!"

"Does that manual cover how to fix weird errors?" Yttren asks.

"That's most of what it covers; if you're not getting weird errors it's pretty intuitive."

"Then the manual is definitely necessary since Allspeak started out thinking that Glir and I were the same species and that Saerltes was a Quendi, but yeah I think we all want that."

They can all have Allspeak and its instruction manuals.

Excellent. Luvei writes down exactly how much the Allspeak installations cost, because it's a reasonable expense but he wants to make sure that every single debt is accounted for and nothing will slip through the cracks. 

"How do I put in a bid to Amentan countries?" 

"Here's the Vanda Nossëo page on Amenta and its colonies - click 'migration', then 'specialty work', and there's things they already have ads for - subtle artists, spellbinders, servantmakers, those are all rare magic skills that aren't yet reproducible on-demand. And you can fill out this form, see? Modern Allspeak wands let you type, so you can probably do that fine -"

She sees. She types! Typing is a new concept and really neat. 

The form wants a paragraph or so on what she can do and why she wants to offer it to Amenta and what price she's asking. Gull fills in that last for her with a large number.

She summarizes her species magic and biology and goes into more detail on what she in particular can do with it. After briefly conferring with Gull, she weights the description a little less towards the "healthy hybrids" side of things and a little more towards selecting the better of the parents' immune systems and intelligences and so on. 

"Eh, maybe don't mention the immune system as a specific example, they don't like having to think about their immune systems."

"Huh. Alright." Well she can select for intelligence or height or what have you. Also: eggs.

"And the one month pregnancy part, and then you're good to go."

She adds it in under eggs and submits it. 

"The Amentans are very on top of all their clerical work, you should get a reply in the next couple of hours."

"Do I stick around here until then?"

"If you want more instruction and advice, yes, otherwise not necessarily."

"Okay. How do I get a response if I'm not here?" 

"I can show you to a place where they give out miniature computers and walk you through using the email interface." He gets up. "Most things do cost money but everyone having access to email is a public good so someone's funding it that way."

"Is that how it's decided what things are funded publicly versus privately here?"

"Dwarves don't have public funds per se but if I help someone get an email address I can bill an organization that draws its funds from private contributors who benefit from everyone having an email address. People who aren't Dwarves decide how to allocate their public funds all sorts of ways."