The smile on Korra's face slide off her like warm molasses when it became woefully apparent a native speaker, or at least someone with a better grasp on the language, spoke too fast. It had been awhile since her eagerness get the better of her but here it just smacked her in the face.

"What? I mean...mana?"

Color flushed her face and language fell away to an awkward hand gestures waving him off.

"Sorry, you're speaking way too fast for someone that's only had a couple lessons. Let's start over?"