Maria turned her eyes down to see someone there. A silver hedgehog? She'd never seen him before in Nautilus... However, her mind immediately went to the thought of him being able to look up her skirt, especially as she was dangling from the tree branch in that type of angle where he would be able to. She shrieked and in a moment of panic went to use one of her hands to cover herself so he couldn't look up her skirt, however now she was sliding more.

"Ah! Oh my gosh, please hurry up and get me down!" She couldn't even bother right now with greeting him. "I'm not hurt so please hurry before I am!"