"Uh-huh! It's a little gusk - they live in the forests where I come from. There were a bunch that lived in the forest around my ho-- My home, for a while." Although that place no longer exists...

But ah, as for staying-- "I'm still not sure... I don't want to leave Shii-chan for too long again." What she means is, she doesn't want to be without Shii-chan for long, but. She doesn't want to dwell on that, either.

"What about you?