At some point that reductionism might as well be ‘I perform labor for wages.’ Like if the guy gets follow-up questions, he might ask you for help fixing his tools, and you might pick up hammer from the wrong end.
But any real effort does boil down to-- how’d that one comment put it? “Whispering to the lightning through the haunted frame.” Either there are layers of ‘okay imagine this other bizarre technology’ or you’re just telling this guy that you can grab written words and drag them across the paper.