Kai had opened his mouth to retort exactly that, point out that Bashasa was doing that right now, when the man continued to... say, in Kai's mind, the same thing. He frowns, able to tell this is some sort of translation issue on his part, but not knowing enough to guess at what the correct interpretation is.

"And that is different... how...?" he asks slowly, looking over Bashasa's face for clues. It's clearly bothered him, and there's a little pang of fear in Kai while he waits for what it means.