freedom, order, and safety for all of us

More words. He took each one in with as much stride as the last. It was... a lot to learn and he'd need consistent practice if he were to commit them to memory and make them feel as automatic as the tongue he'd grown up learning and speaking. Still, with this new set of words he repeated each in turn and repeated them to her, allowing Nanuk to correct his pronunciation as needed. He would learn this. He needed to. Wanted to.

When he was familiar with those words, he went back and tried the first set of vocabulary again. It wasn't perfect. He failed a number of times before he got them right once more. Then he switched back to the second set, worked on those for a while longer, and continued to go back and forth between the two until he felt more confident with those words. Nanuk was patient. He was thankful for it.

"Common phrases?" he asked, ready to broaden his range of the language one more time. A few more things and he'd be capped out for this session. He didn't want to fill his head too fast, but he did need to learn a lot and quickly. The more exposure the better.