Hm. That wording says he's clearly doing it wrong. He finally looks up, marking his place with the nearest pen.

"We don't really do this sort of thing back home." He reaches for the pack and takes one. "A year is relatively meaningless in space, especially when every planet's year is a different length." They only really use the Terran calendar because they have to use something, and then they don't use it for everything.

"So what am I supposed to be resolving?"