Frightened, confused, and unspeakably overwhelmed, Kiyo can only cry harder, which in turn makes her more upset. She doesn't understand why this man is being so nice. She doesn't know what the creature is that keeps sniffing her.

"I want Jíjí."

Had she not been such a quiet child that would have come as a distraught wail, but because she is it comes as a distressed whimper instead.