That doesn't detract from the quality, [he said matter-of-factly, and pointedly making no comment on how the language wall between them seemed to be fading.

Instead, he shifted and pressed an open hand against the haphazard dressings Cao Pi had made of his clothes, a curious gleam in his eyes.]

...It's better. Not perfect, but not far from how it was when I arrived.

My apologies for alarming you. I imagine Kouha is the only one who was more alarmed when he realized what had happened.