Tamrielic... well, putting a name to the script doesn't make it any easier to read, but it's nice to have a label for it. "Can you read English? I can get our literature in any language of the Federation, but I'm afraid Tamrielic isn't one of them." Still, he pages through the book, looking over the diagrams and appreciating the effort it took to write this much by hand. And in old-style ink, by the looks of it.

"Don't forget the smell," he adds, in absolute agreement of the tactile advantages of good ol' books. "I've got a crate of classics I inherited from my grandfather, and every time I crack one open, it's like it takes me back to being a kid again."