The fox yelps loudly and tumbles forward into the water. Picking himself up, he turns around and looks up at Arkain, shuddering and whimpering softly, ears folded back against his head, looking very apologetic... It soon dawns on you that this creature is not capable of speech, at least not understandable speech, unless you count standard feral noises. He seems to understand what you are saying, though, as is shown by his response.