Scary has nothing to do with age, you know.

[ Mio just is less sensitive to that sort of thing, given that she had to pretty much grow up fast. ]

But if you insist. [ She then clears her throat and goes on to start her horror story. ] So, there was a couple once. They decided to go into this very haunted house together. I mean, the guy probably thought that he could comfort his girlfriend if she got scared. The two of them kept on going and then--

[ And that certainly was a loud scream. ] What was that? You heard that, didn't you?