[Son we are gonna have to get you in some sensitivity training for srs.
Gene's busy expelling what feels like half the ocean from his lungs (though really, couldn't be more than a mouthful at most), so Kalliel takes over scolding duty.
You need to be more careful!
Gene coughs again.] I'm all right, [he says hoarsely, and clambers up onto Kalliel's shell before flopping down across it.]
TONY STOP WITH THE FACE
Gene's busy expelling what feels like half the ocean from his lungs (though really, couldn't be more than a mouthful at most), so Kalliel takes over scolding duty.
You need to be more careful!
Gene coughs again.] I'm all right, [he says hoarsely, and clambers up onto Kalliel's shell before flopping down across it.]