"So many ways to learn do sound fascinating. My avenues of such have been... relatively limited." What he had... she can't imagine why anyone wouldn't like such a kind young man. "It was also a way to talk to people far away?" She almost wants to ask if they were good to him, but... perhaps that's too much.

"You must be an excellent reader, to be able to read faster than one could speak!" Silent reading hasn't really been popularized yet in Vankrik. And there isn't a great deal of opportunity for practice, for most.