[She jumps a little and lets out a quiet squeak when his foot hits the ground, startled by the sudden noise. When she speaks her voice is shaky.]

Well, it's...it's not like we know for sure that it's true or anything, you know? L-like, maybe the person who said that was like, totally wrong or whatever...!

[She might be trying to convince herself more than him, though. Not even the Malnosso would do something like that...right?]