Much Question

The male- what was his name?- rambled off answers as fast as Hani had asked him. She felt her eyes widen slightly as her mind tried to wrap around all the words that spilled out of the brute's mouth. Her ears perked, straining to absorb every rule about the pack she was now a part of. She committed them to memory and went over them several times in her head as he said them. Even after the male's maw shut, Hani still heard his voice over and over again, sternly repeating each phrase, each guideline. A long moment passed, but Hani didn't notice, she was zoned out of reality and building the small structure of what she knew about packs, trying to make sure she could apply them when necessary.

When Hani finally felt like she understood what the male- Hellos? Heilos? Helios? Helios.- meant, her vision re-focused. She hadn't actually thought of more questions, and she had lost all of the previous ones when she was trying to memorize his first answers. Hani felt herself staring blankly as she tried to gather her thoughts, "Oh. I? uh? I see. Well," she started, gathering herself and readying to stand,"That makes sense to me! Thank you for explaining!" Hani threw on her plastic smile for good measure, "Do you think there was anything else?" she asked, her words drawing out as if begging him to say no and to dismiss her. Until then, she held her pose, smile and all, stiff and impermeable.

"Speech"
'thoughts'