Kua-Tin

Aquatic fish people who need water to breathe; Zev is one, and notably thinner than the rest.

Story so far

Carl sees a kua-tin out of her suit for the first time when Zev turns up physically in the Production Trailer wearing only a simple rebreather at her throat rather than her usual diving apparatus. What strikes him is not the novelty but the comparison: she is strikingly thin next to every other kua-tin he has seen.

The species' dependence on moisture is on display throughout — the rebreather mists constantly, soaking the couch she sits on until she pulls herself off it and onto the floor. Small enough for a cat to greet head to head, she is described as a small fish woman.

Appearance

Small fish-like humanoids, wide-mouthed and slick-skinned, normally bulky-bodied, requiring a diving suit or a throat rebreather that vents a constant soaking mist to survive in dry air.

Role

Zev's species, and the yardstick by which Carl registers that something may be wrong with her.

Relationships

Zev — A kua-tin, and unusually thin compared to every other member of the species Carl has met.

Carl — Sees one outside a diving suit for the first time and immediately notices the difference.

Earlier in this series

Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:

Dungeon Crawler CarlBook 1
Carl's Doomsday ScenarioBook 2

Sources — 1 recorded facts, by chapter

Chapter 17

Aquatic fish people who need water to breathe; Zev is one, and notably thinner than the rest.