Was that a redirection? He's less obnoxious about it than other adults she's met, at the very least. Her teeth tighten behind her lips, where he can't see, before she lets it go for now.

"Monsters?" Monsters... She's heard that term before, but she can't quite recall where. Alternates are less of a surprise--she hasn't met her counterpart, but she has met her Solgaleo--and presumably, that maybe-Moon has met her Lunala as well. Maybe they'll actually get a chance to talk, if both of them managed to get to this castle.