Heh. You don't believe me at all. Well, I'd be glad to pound that fact into your head, but y'know,

[She stops rather suddenly, holding her arm out to keep him from walking any further. She tugs a box of pocky out of her pocket.]

It looks like that's going to have to wait. Looks like we've got company.

[She flashes him a confident grin, before nodding towards the monsters lurking around and on the bottom of the staircase.]