"Oh, good," she said with a relieved smile. "I've had a few magic lessons," she explained. "Nothing terribly impressive, but I know a few spells. I learned a little bit when I was growing up--just basics, really--and then dragon magic, later." Her parents had made the court magicians stop teaching her when they found out what she'd been up to. It wasn't proper behavior for a princess to learn magic.
"I know to be careful, though," she added quickly. "I wouldn't go trying spells I don't understand."
"That sounds like a fascinating hobby." Latin was the only dead language she knew, and even that was a little shaky. She was sure Wesley's was much better. He could probably translate five texts in the time it took her to translate one.