"Okay, Fluffy, what do we call this?" Todd asked, holding up a picture of a red circle.

Fluffy squinted at the picture, before rubbing his snout with his paw.

"Uh... An octagon?" Fluffy asked, unsure of himself.

"No, it's a circle. But, you can still get bonus points for the color!" Todd said, smiling at him.

"Violet!" Fluffy yelled, excitedly.

"Eh." Todd shrugged, marking down an extra half point on a progress tracker he'd been filling out all afternoon. "Closer than usual."

"Oh, come on." Fluffy whined. "I had to have gotten it that time."

"Nope, but, hey! We're better off than when we started." Todd said, encouragingly. "At least you're answering with the correct... Noun-types."

"Is that a word?" Fluffy asked, cocking his head.

"Uh... It's more like a... Junction, of words. Essentially mashing two words into one... Kinda word."

"Aw, man." Fluffy murmured to himself. "This stuff is complicated."

"At least you knew basic English right off the bat. That helps." Todd scratched his head. "Though you're really adept at reading the language of your SpellBook, so I know you have the capacity to learn more."

"What does capacity mean?!" Fluffy cried, distraught.

"It's kind of like potential, but-"

"Oh, this isn't helping." Fluffy sighed. "Can we go back to the red circle stuff again?"

"Hey!" Todd shouted, suddenly. "You got it! It's a red circle!"

"Goodie." Fluffy sighed. "Just bring up the next card, please."

"Got it." Todd said, and took out another card with a green triangle on it. "What's this?"

"Oh!" Fluffy replied excitedly. "Mo told me about these! It's a Leprechaun!"

"No, Fluffster." Todd sighed, annoyed. "You do this every time I pull out a green object. It can be green, without being a leprechaun."

"But then how does St. Patrick's Day work?"

"That's an Irish holiday. We don't talk about those."

"Okay, fine." Fluffy said. "If that's the case, then it's a... Green... Diamond?"

"No, Diamonds have 4 corners, up, down, and sides. This has 3 corners, so that makes it a...?"

"A... A crippled Diamond?"

"No, in English some words have synonyms. Now, before you whine, that just means 2 words with the same meaning. So, 3's synonym is 'tri' There are 3 angles, so that makes it a..."

"Oh, THAT'S what a 'triangle' is!" Fluffy said, happily. "I'd have never guessed."

"You sure have fun learning about this stuff, huh?" Todd asked, smirking.

"Yeah. I wanted to get Mo to teach me this stuff, but he kept threatening to throw stuff at me. And Kate only taught me what a ball was."

"Lucky me."

"Okay, so what's next?" Fluffy asked, wagging his tail.

"Let's see." Todd said, pulling out a picture with a orange rhombus on it. "Ooh, this one might be kinda tricky, huh?"

Fluffy paused, and looked at the picture, before looking at Todd, slightly betrayed.

"I thought we weren't doing letters."