Hearing the voice, Yuusei turned around to face a woman-- with several tails, apparently. Surprise briefly crossed his face, but was then replaced by a slight scowl.

"... The latter," he admitted quietly, clearly not feeling the need to expand on the subject. It was her last comment that caught his attention for most part, so if they were going to have a conversation, he'd much rather go in that direction.

"It wouldn't make sense for them to go through the trouble of getting us here otherwise."

As unnerving and difficult to accept it was, that seemed to be the case.