She didn't wonder why he didn't know the word; after all, she hadn't known it until just a minute ago. "It's...the crreaturre who takes carre of you, when you'rre small and can't take carre of yourrself. They rraise you up and teach you what you need to know. Mine taught me how to hunt and expurrrr and...and everrything." It felt like the memories were a cloud of snow swirling round her, little bits and pieces that all linked back to her lusus.