Yes, it was loud.

[Basically it's an, okay, and? But he huffs after a second realizing okay yeah scruffy old guy might have a point. Not that he's going to admit it.]

I'm not as versed in magic as I am the technology. [He flips through his notebook to the page where he's clearly gone and tried to make sense of it on paper showing it to him.] It didn't respect the laws of physics and my people didn't like that. They'd love that I have it now.