[Wow, all that from just a few taps? These must be part of the "short-cuts" she'd tried to teach him earlier.

Still, not impressed.]

If written words were good enough for my time, then they'll be good enough for yours. There's hardly any need for all these unnecessary embellishments.

[Squints.]

What on earth are they anyway? I see a comma, a full stop, open and close brackets around two arrows pointing at each other, an asterisk and a star.