[There is a sense of polite acknowledgement from the peridexis; after, Nita picks up the conversational thread.]

/Redundancy is always better. We haven't had the SCA-communications for all that long, though, and even they come up against interference sometimes. We'd need something resistant to things that take down tech and magic; combining the strengths of both.../

[Nita glances upward almost aimlessly as she thinks.]

/You are right about the privacy, though; the SCAs come with team filters and personal contacts, but that doesn't mean they can't be overheard or tapped into./