You will! I don't know anything except what Citizen Burr taught the other day, and it isn't so bad. Then again, I have Alexander translating everything important. Do any of your family speak French?
This is going to sound awful, but you might need to figure out whether the L-space incident had already happened or not. If it had then she's probably dead if she ever goes home, and I don't know but I feel like coming to terms with that is different than how it is for people who have hope of going back to where they were? It might not be the right time if she's already upset, though. Let me know if you need me, I'll be right back.
That is...is this what it's like for you when I talk about Rica? I've never heard of any of that. The 'early ships' she mentioned went out after mine, I think. Until a couple of years ago, communication wasn't just slow, it didn't exist at all.