Ah, well, that's the idea for the future! You're right that it's a lot less expensive to communicate, but for this... I felt like we should all see each other face-to-face.

[ maybe he's just being overly sentimental about this; after all, the whole event and its immediate aftermath really brought him back to a place in his head he hadn't expected to end up. too many old memories managed to get called up way too easily for comfort. maybe he just likes seeing everyone gathered around, calmly talking things through. ]

The ability to communicate quickly and across long distances is really an amazing technological innovation we should be using to the fullest. I have a feeling what we know and when we know it will be important.