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Shen blinked longer than he meant to when Kaori asked him a question, his mind belatedly interpreting it correctly.
"No." Was all that he faintly got out before Kaori picked him up.
The merman was too dizzy and feeling too short of breath to really care. He closed his eyes after she set him down on some elongated piece of furniture and was near to passing out when he heard her voice again. Shen's ears slowly told him that there was water running in another room, probably into that basin he'd slept in earlier. He picked up the gist of Kaori's words and understood them completely for once, a sign of progress.
"Water." The merman said softly, speaking the first thing that came to mind when she offered to get him something he might need.
His mind was fuzzy, so it took him longer than usual to add on the other part of what he wanted to say.
"Help Chiya." Shen said. "I do not...trust?...other."
He had some difficulty with picking out the right words, but he was sure his point was gotten across somehow. As long as Kaori understood enough to get water, the merman would be happy.