All they had to do was reverse the image so Bones’ question is obviously first. I genuinely thought Kirk’s statement came first. In what alternate reality is English read from right to left?
Kirk's complaint is at the top. Not only is English read from left to right, but it's also read TOP TO BOTTOM. This fact has been used all over the place in writing, including in comics:
(So ubiquitous is this format that I literally just popped a comic I was in the process of reading up onto my screen and there it was in one of the frames! I didn't have to go searching.)
You'll also see it in advertising, in some books with fancier formatting, and a whole bunch of other places.
So remember not only "left to right" but "top to bottom" and you'll do fine.