{ His smile is quick and wholly unamused, but her question does bring him a bit of pause. }

I admit I'm not certain. My own experience learning languages has been unorthodox.

{ Which it to say, he has no idea how people generally go about it in a more formal fashion, and it's likely that Shaw has a better idea on how this should go. }

We could start with the most basic of things. Greetings and introductions.