Shanghainese? I'm not familiar with that. [By the magic space future, a lot of Earth's languages had become homogenized.]

I learned some Mandarin in university, but I haven't had a chance to use it in years. [Her speciality is xenolinguistics, after all.]

She adds, with a wry smile and very, very stilted Mandarin] I don't know if that makes you feel any better.