Oh, [ He lets out a soft laugh at that. ] No, I can read. Everyone can read, where I'm from. I just meant we don't have many printed paper books anymore, they're all in digital format. Like this.

[ He picks up the tablet, hopefully giving Kirigan a good notion of what he means. ]

It's a children's book, I'm not sure what you were expecting.

[ Okay, it's a bit of a tease. ] Well, you seemed to understand how the vacuum of space works on most organic lifeforms, so what else are you interested in?