[When your best friend is someone like Cass, it's hard to be fazed by blunt attitudes like that. And he does have a point; if there's some kind of weird magic stuff going on, it's probably good that her friends aren't here. She just hopes they're safe.]

You know, I'm not sure. Maybe a bit of both? [Her nose wrinkles.] Either way, that can't be good. We should probably find a way out of here, fast.

[... It makes sense in her head, okay. If this place is rotting inside, then they're probably pretty far from civilization. They need to get out fast if they want to get back before whoever kidnapped them discovers they're missing and tracks them down.]