Liz felt a bit defensive and her expression hardened just a little but still in the realm of polite. "Can't it be both?" She paused. "I don't want to learn it just so Piotr will like me. It's not that... I want to learn so he doesn't feel as - as lonely. But learning a new language will also help me get into Harvard which is the college I want to go to after high school. And.. and knowing new languages here can help me talk to other people if they can't speak English well."