[ Thankfully for him, she easily takes a hop back after letting go as she raises her hands in the air in what seems to be a mixture of a carefree gesture. It's okay, she's got this, apparently. ]

But it's totally fine because you didn't. ☆

[ Not that she cared too much either way in the face of everything. But if he's going to go that route... ]

I'm not clingy because I'm scared, though! Scary things like these don't actually scare me.

[ Mio is the embodiment of no fear, apparently. But since he's asking what could be in the haunted house, it's time to get serious. Serious trolling, that is. ]

But if you really want to know, I heard that in there, someone found a wax corpse of their friend. They laughed at it, said it was very funny and a good joke... at least, until the thing started to move and talk. The person thought it was just their friend playing a prank on them, so they ran out of the haunted house. But then they found out something. [ A dramatic pause, for effect. ] That their friend wasn't in the haunted house at all! But if that was the case... then how did the wax figure move and talk so smoothly? People say that it's cursed, because of that, along with many other tales that I've heard.

[ Sounds ominous. ]

But that's why I want to go and prove them all wrong!