Mount Apikuni cat and mouse in partnership

Thade sniffled and wagged his tail as Wintersbane agreed on the meal, his mood improving drastically and his traumas temporarily erased. He couldn’t help the few happy whines that escaped him, nor his youthful instinct to praise and supplicate the superior wolf. Thade lapped his tongue shyly — gratefully — towards the former Eisen’s high chin.
A warren? he parroted, curious. His abductor never said more words than necessary, and she certainly hadn’t been educating the boy. Despite having been fed nothing but rabbits since being cleverly stolen, he knew next to nothing about them. Mother had needed him to be as dependent on her as possible; and it was one of the only parts of her half-baked plan that had been successful in any regard.
He hesitated to answer at the next question and felt shame dawn across his expression, even if he wasn’t familiar with the feeling. Eventually, he just shook his head slowly, trying to look a little braver.
Can you.. show me? Th’ signs?