Jim doesn't bat an eye at that, so used to living in a multispecies Federation that it's weird to him when people don't have relationships with other planets. "Not to Romeo and Juliet extremes, I hope," he says, giving her an inquisitive look.

Oh. He's run into enough people who appear human and aren't, that he probably shouldn't assume that she knows Earth's literary works, shouldn't he? But she doesn't look confused, so he carries on. "How'd your families take it?"