"At her age, probably," Jim agrees, moving over to the food to examine some of the bins of vegetables. "It's definitely not the norm for most of the 'fleet, but everyone's required to get at least one other language under their belt before graduating from the Academy. I picked up most of mine before Starfleet, though. Kind of an on-the-job sort of thing."

He glances down at the books when she asks, and gives her one of those 'yeah, I'm busted' sort of smiles. "Not as much as me. Paper books aren't really that common anymore, so I don't know how many physical copies of the Kir'Shara are left. I figure he might like something he can actually touch. The poetry's for me."