Ben blinked and mentally kicked his brain into high gear as he tried to keep up. This at least was not too hard. For one thing he had spent a lot of time studying Spanish since midterms, since it was obviously his weakest book-releated subject, and for another, quick-fire conversation was one of Profesor Valdez's favourite teaching methods. Ben wasn't a total dunce at the language - it was definitely better than his French, thanks to Bones - he just understood a lot more than he could speak. He just didn't have the knack for languages that some people obviously had.
He did think the Asian comment was more than a little uncalled for.
"Por que?" he asked, his eyes narrowing with annoyance. "No sé que mi español es importante para ti." He shrugged, trying not to show his disappointment. "If I'd known you were just going to insult me I wouldn't have bothered to come down. I don't even really know who you are."