The word "No" escapes Peridot's mouth before she really thinks about it, and certainly before she looked back to see the sloppily-dressed human who'd answered her.

"Well, I guess I am. But that's not what I meant!" she grumbles, crossing her arms over her chest. What she was actually inquiring was what was she even doing there, but Peridot was entirely unwilling to voice this worry to a stranger.