“Goodbye, Cheerilee,” Dale replied. She’d taught him a handful of greetings, some pronouns, and how to say “I don’t speak your language,” as well as a few more basic verbs. The book she’d been teaching out of appeared to be their equivalent to the Dick and Jane books, but her lessons had been much more focused than Lyra’s. It was obvious that there was more to teaching than the brute-force method he and Lyra had been using on the island.