Meredith tenses, flushed with anger, but holds her ground. There's nothing she can do, no retort she can make, and she's not going anywhere without Sean, even if she thought she could manage this time and place on her own. "I don't need babysitting," she says, though it's entirely possible she does. She doesn't have the first clue what she's wandered into here or what that will mean, and she hasn't proven all that effective at keeping herself out of trouble, but she doesn't want help from them. Even so, she realizes, she probably needs it. "I'll keep out of the way."