[ good thing she didn't go for his head like she would with people she's more familiar with. ]

She does, doesn't she! I've been trying to figure out the reason but I don't know much about fish.

[ she holds out Xiao'yu so that Shino can see her more clearly. and Xiao'yu is...used to it, she's been held out for display several times already, so she's not particularly distressed. ]

Do you think she's ill? It's not something that got rubbed onto to her since I washed her to try to get rid of it.

[ Xiao'yu stops moving for a moment at the mention of that particular event and then...slumps? please don't do that again, Xiaoqiao... ]