Conta

"Fond?" I questioned the word. The Princess was very careful to explain everything. At least normally. 

"Yes fond. Fond means to have affection or like towards a person, place, or thing." 

"So you like snakes," my tongue had trouble with the word but like many of the others I had practiced some of her language. She had picked up ours easily. Switching from her own language to the clicks of the Nephit. Although sometimes she got the pitch wrong for certain words.