[Kristen scoffs, though in a very good natured way. Not skepticism, just the sense that she thinks maybe this woman is making a weird joke she doesn't quite get.]

Aw, what? Come on, why shouldn't he need people? Needing people isn't bad.

[Kristen crouches down toward the ground to see if she can get the Hisuian Zorua's attention, rubbing her fingers together with little 'psst psst' sounds.]

Huh? Oh, that's my monster partner guy. They're not all foxes, I guess!