I wonder how you'll take to the rest of Johto, then, if the mere workings of the Gear seem crazy. Nevertheless, you don't need to understand it to grasp the basics of working it, and the sooner you get those, the easier the rest of your stay will become. The vast majority of communication here takes place through the help of the Gear, so you'll get good at it very quickly.

[Or she won't, and she'll just flounder around like a novice for the rest of her days, but you know, either way that's really none of Yagyuu's concern.]

Now watch. I'm going to point your "eye" at something else.

[His thumb stays over the lens as the Gear shifts, and when it finally disappears, there is an Espeon on the screen, sitting primly for the camera.]

In this way, I have some control over what you see — just as you control what I see or don't see of you.