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Female needed to get her nails trimmed. Those suckers were sharp. He scowled at her, both thankful and somewhat irritated by her discipline, but it was working. He tried his best to pronounce each word more correctly than before and after a while he felt as though he had the words he'd been given. Slowly, but surely he would learn this.

He smirked, snorting as she gave him that last phrase. That one, he would most definitely be sure to remember. The rest of them? He practiced them just as he had before and worked with her to figure out which word was what in each sentence. Multi-tasking.

They continued with his vocabulary until his brain could hold no more and her patience with him was worn out. Nevertheless, he was thankful for her time and pleased with himself for going through the necessary steps towards learning the Tartok languages.

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