Mina had taken it upon herself to try and help herself learn better, so the original notebook he'd given her she'd taken over and now had phrases and sentences translated from English to<em>"The Word"</em>as it was known here.   The best thing that had come of learning was that she'd finally figured out the word for<em>"I"</em>which had plagued her for a while now.   So when Tarek came out and questioned her, Mina was ready with a good response.  She found herself grinning as he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her back so that he could kiss her neck.<strong>"Yes, I am hungry.   I study and learn to be... learn to speak better."</strong>She'd been so used to saying Mina instead of I when referring to herself that it was refreshing to be able to speak clearly and be able to know what she was saying.<br/><br/>Obviously, she still had lots more learning to do but for the moment learning the difference between I, Me, We, Us, They and a few other words were like magic in opening up her understanding of the language.   She slipped out of the chair without breaking his hold before she wrapped her arms around his midsection grinning up at him.<strong> "I would like you to teach ... me cooking."</strong>She paused to pick the right word so that they sentence made sense as she said it.