Pierre was shocked. She seemed like she had been doing this for a long tmie and he wasn't shocked to learn that she had. "That's amazing. The only thing I'm really good at is school stuff. I mean, I like football, or soccer as Americans call it, but I'm not that great at it." He was saddened along with her. He realized how he would feel if he couldn't read his books. "Why not? I mean you might not be able to compete, but you can still practice and such."