[Who would purposefully try to harm such a sweet girl? Somehow what tugs on her heart the most is how calmly Sakura says it.]
...I don't claim to understand your connection with water. [But she's not denying it.] You communicate with it, right? The water around you right now... how does it feel?
[Doesn't it feel unstable, as if it might lash out at any moment? If it really is somehow sentient she can't imagine it would feel any other way, that Sakura could possibly feel safe around all this snow.]