"You've never been in water or just that water?" The crone looked over at the water in question then back at him, as if to say she wouldn't go in that water if she didn't have to. Thankfully, as of yet, she did not have to. "Wild dog. There's a lot of nicks, cuts, and bites going around."
She stepped closer, her hands at her sides. She was now close enough that if he took a swipe at her, he'd probably do a good bit of damage, and piss her the hell off. But, he wouldn't do that, would he?
"Ser'hized?" Her eyes narrowed as she tried to decipher this one. "Ser'hized..." Then she laughed softly. "No, my friend got into a similar predicament, but he wasn't as fortunate as you to get such a fine beastly form. So, I have come across someone who has been altered by the City. Though you'd think that if it was allowing you to talk, for which you are fortunate, it would allow for lips that could pronounce words properly."
The small woman didn't comment on how she was rather accustomed to talking animals, animals who could pronounce words they had no business pronouncing. They did a great many things that some would say they had no business doing.