Kozue was at about the right height to steady people, although she lurched forward with the sudden pressure, wobbled, and then kept her balance. 'Balance'.
Her response was at first so full of giggles that it was impossible to understand to anyone, perhaps even herself; it resolved, somewhere in the middle of the sentence, to, "... if only that boy hadn't turned out to be a huge Hokkaido Mask III fan. Then we'd all be---" A pause. A giggle. " 'unno. But we'd be something."