"Mmrow." The Elemental started, crouched down on his knees in front of the woman. They were in one of the many caves scattered around his and his lions territory, her with a protecting Flame Shield on, of course.

"Uh..Mrow?" She repeated. He was trying to teach her some cat-speak, should the need ever rise.

"Mm...No -" He grunted, shaking his head and scooting closer, taking her face in a hand and squishing her cheeks, repeating the sound. "MRrow." The boy said again, brows knit in total seriousness. They'd been at it for almost a half-hour, and she was a fast learner, so he was teaching her complete sentences now.

"Mmr...Mm -" She tried, giving a funny sound, and she broke down in giggles, swatting him away. "Heheh! Stop!"

"Mrrow."

"Mrrow." Bubblegum attempted once more, and apparently she had done something right this time. The flame on his head flickered brighter, and he nodded wildly, shifting around excitedly on his hands and feet.

"Ah! Good! Now - Mrr." He urged. He was surprised she was understanding the different stresses and accents on the different noises. With Fionna, she can only barely understand him, and she's lived with a cat sister her whole life! But he guessed everybody was different when it came to things they could do.

"Mrr...?" The girl echoed, cocking a brow. Just what on earth is this crazy telling her to say, anyways?

"Heh, yes. You're catching on fast." He praised, looking around at the few big cats and cubs sprawled out lazily, occasionally watching them as they talked back and forth. They've long gotten used to her company.

"Flame Prince, I don't think -"

"We're almost done! Hang on." He stopped her, and she sighed in exasperation, so he rolled his eyes right back at her. "Brrt~" He 'commanded', watching her intently. It was a little unnerving, how intense he could get sometimes without even trying. It must come with the whole being-raised-by-animals thing.

"...Brrt." A couple of the baby lions started wandering over to the two, curiosity getting the best of them.

"Now, put it all together. Mrrow...Mrrbrrt~" He encouraged.

"Mrrow...Mrrbrrt." The royal did as told, and the string of noises felt strange on her tongue, especially considering he hadn't bothered to translate for her yet, but it was easy enough for her to say, and he grinned.

And just when she thought things couldn't get any weirder, the cubs flat-out tackled her, and she hit the ground with a whump. "Oh - Oh, my! W-What did I say?" She laughed under their whiskering tickling at her face, their purring and nuzzling at her. Whatever it was, it certainly did a number on the little fiery furballs!

"Princess stays with Farris." He explained calmly, face a bright, bashful red all of a sudden, picking a few of the unruly cubs off of her and holding them under his arms, ignoring their squirming and squeaking at her.

She sat up, still smiling, and stretched forward to kiss the gem on his forehead. "Heehee...Yes, Princess stays with Farris."