A day later...

After that nice dose of discipline, the elf woman was much more willing to calm herself. Today, you two would be doing a little bonding. You rose into the cave to greet your harem and they all lined up, the others more enthusiastic than the problematic one. With an eyeroll, you hoisted the elf by her hands to see eye to eye then gestured to your mouth. You opened it back and forth, hoping the message would become clear. She sighed and nodded her head.

"Sea shells." The elf woman slowly and dully said. Her attitude was certainly lacking the proper excitement at having the honor of teaching you, but you'd see past the impudence for now and let her do her little elf thing. "Sea Shells."

"Sssea... sssshellsss... sssshellsss..." You repeated slowly, warily, not at all used to speaking. Your voice sounded as if you gurgled and you struggled to stop hissing as you spoke the s sounds. You had some knowledge on speaking thanks to the mermaids incessant singing. At least those little songs had some purpose outside of annoying you.

"By the sea shore." The elf went on, probably getting very uncomfortable at how you slowly pulled her in. "By he sea shore."

"By the... sssssea sssssshore... by the... sssssea sssssshore." You croaked out. Now your faces were barely inches apart. You wee torn between giving her a kiss or continuing with this little learning session. Her lips looked pretty tasty but the thought of being able to verbally belittle through dirty talk had an appeal to it. Maybe one day you could even annoy those damn mermaids with your singing.

"Not bad." The elf uneasily spoke, fidgeting in your grip. "So, may I be let down now?"