Lalli resurfaces after a moment or two when nothing happens (he'd expected them to keep trying to grab him, honestly), though he stays low in the water and presses against the sides as much as he can, as far away from Cho as he can get. He's startled when Cole isn't there, though--there's no way he could have vanished that quickly--but after determining that he really isn't in the room anymore he focuses back on Cho with narrowed eyes.

"Don't want to talk to you. Go away." It's low and slurred from fever, but the sentiment is clear. Whatever she's selling, he's not interested.