[ Ah, she has some pride. He can respect that, and appreciate why she wouldn't want to make a big deal out of it in the school environment. The drones might tease her mercilessly for something like that. (And he's already feeling protective enough to where he'd chase them away if he saw that happening. It doesn't take him long!) ]

[ Sadly, he has no memories of who taught him to read, or how he learned, just that there were steps taken and now, he just knows! Though he does at least know that at home there would be several steps to learning the language fluently and, in English, there's only one alphabet that's ever taught. ] Maybe I can help. I mean, practice will be your best bet, if you're already that far, but ... I don't know. [ He scratches his head. ] I'd be a pretty crappy housemate if I didn't try.