Instantly, Pandora is on the defensive. They don't want to beat up a child, especially not one they know and are at least a little bit academically responsible for, so they don't really know what else to do except watch Natalia break in and follow her inside.

She already knows too many things about them. The hideout, the codename. The secret code. There's an easy answer here, one that means Natalia isn't actually a threat, and a much harder and worse one that Pandora, that Hope is trying to stop their mind from landing on. They breathe deeply; their heart hurts just a little bit from the anxiety.

"Who are you?" they ask pointedly, trying to grit their teeth but barely even making that happen. "If you aren't someone who belongs here, I know how to stop you," they lie.