Wolfgang nods, because he understands -- he struggles to think of how to say what he wants to say in English, but it's easy to practise here. He's pretty sure it's the first language of the majority of their cohort. What's harder is finding things in other languages to read. Every trip to the bookstore is like an adventure.

I feel like I should. My family is German. Pause. Was. Came from there. An important clarification, because they're not dead, just... not really German anymore.

-- this begs the question, does he know what his full name means, and if so, is that why he's been so reluctant to give it out lately. (He wishes he'd thought to just... use his real name when he showed up, but he thought he was still on Earth, and... well.)

Is it hard to learn?