For a moment, I fell silent.

"...I see," I eventually said, nodding awkwardly.
Prolonging the silence would only make things more uncomfortable. Besides, her answer was pretty much what I expected.
After all, she had already mentioned that manifesting only her head was a way to accelerate her descent.

Oddly enough, I appreciated her honesty.

She could have lied, brushing off my concerns by saying she had no intention of harming humans, assuring me it was safe to leave her be.
Instead, she chose to answer me directly and firmly:
if she were freed, she would …