 be curious, not judgmental
It was interesting that both the inventor's mother and wife were deaf. She wondered just how that came to be, but then it made sense when Moxley noted that he had worked at schools for the deaf. So the man had truly dedicated his life to working with the hearing impaired, a passion undoubtedly stemming from his mother's own impairment? That was pretty cool, when Sophie thought about it, for if his mother hadn't had that disability, Bell quite likely would've had a completely different line of work and a different wife. It was fascinating how such things could completely alter one's life, wasn't it?
Coming back to the current discussion just as Moxley posed her question, Sophie gave a thoughtful hum before raising her hand. "Welllll... in our society, our equivalent of a telephone might be... like... two-way mirrors, or head-only transport with the Floo Network, or patronuses for quick exchanges of messages. With our ways of magic, we can really easily call for help in case of an emergency... and I'm thinkin', before this guy Bell invented the telephone for Muggles, getting help in an emergency situation was probably a lot harder and it wasn't as easy to get help like that, right? With a telephone, they could phone to the other side of town for a doctor instead of... having to send someone there to retrieve 'em or somethin', y'know?" Was that the kind of thing Moxley had been looking for?
She didn't know what they'd even used before a telephone, but she envisioned messengers running by foot to seek help when something went wrong. A dreadful thought, really. Wizards had it so much easier - they could floo and apparate at the drop of a hat and provide assistance in seconds. Those poor, poor Muggles.
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