learning your place

He was quite the eager boy and though he tried to hide his enthusiasm it still showed through. Belle felt the corners of her mouth pull back in an amused grin as she watched him. She hated that he was so non verbal, but his attitude would make up for it. Hopefully he’d pick up on talking quick enough.

As she relaxed he grew a little restless, he looked around curiously and returned his attention to her with a soft smile. ”You have a que-st-ion” She enunciated carefully for him. ”You can find fresh water down that corridor,” she gestured lightly to one of the smaller crags in the wall to the right of the entrance. ”There are bowls you can drag to and from the spring in an alcove near the water.” She gestured to an empty one at the corner of her fur pile. ”Just don’t confuse those with the white ones for drinking.”