Spoken from the Heart

Was that a Happy she saw on the massive Shadow who was No Smile all the time? Leila was sure it was her hunger that made her imagine the illusion.
After he confirmed she had spoken correctly, her tail wagged, happy at the light affirmation, and rewarding gesture of the pat. The little pale beauty had a hit more determination for her lessons now that the tension had been eased, and she had been reassured that she would get no Hurts.

"I told you I'll teach you English and I'll start our first lesson now, and after that we'll hunt for the pack and ourselves but not before. If I catch you eating and hunting for yourself before the pack, I will chase you away." softly but unfalteringly spoke the silver mentor.

'English, lesson, we, hunt, pack, not, eat, you, chase and away' were the words she picked up. Leila stared at him, trying to piece the fragments together.
"English teach first? Hunt.." she searched her mind for a word that could substitute for 'Segundo' which meant 'second', and she threw the only words she knew, together, trying not to keep her teacher waiting long.
"..two?..I eat, you no Happy, I away. Family first. " She placed her little white paw on the ground, making a pawprint, not all that visible.

" I understand", she replied, a bit more comfortable with the term he had presented her with before.