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What pronouns to use for a Shirren host (or any other shirren): whichever pronouns that Shirren identifies with. While the Shirren language may well have three gendered pronouns, I'm guessing each Shirren would translate those pronouns into Common individually. A Shirren "male" might still prefer they/them pronouns in Common, or might prefer to be referred to exclusively by their name/nickname, or might use he/him. Furthermore, as Shirrens communicate with each other telepathically, "gender" might simply be an abstract idea they convey with their thoughts, and might not even have a word or pronouns.

Now on the flip side, I could definitely see other species whose idea of gender is/used to be binary adopting a third gendered pronoun from Shirren on an individual basis.