Thunder Dome presto, he spills the beans

The way submission was shown by Winter was vague in the boy's mind, but not foreign. At Blackfeather, he had to submit to almost everyone, so for her to show respect to him was unnatural to the boy.

Leo didn't know the ins and outs of ranking. He only knew of three groups: respected, newer, and youth. He fell in the young category. "I'm a youth," he replied. "I h-have a ways to go."

Speaking of ways to go, it reminded him that he still needed some teaching. "S-say, do you k-know how to fight? C-can you teach me?"