[She smiles as he pauses, for a second there, before she listens on with an equally polite expression- though if you look carefully, there is a touch of amusement in there, a clear enjoyment that she gets out of this conversation. It's obviously a game, and she rarely meets people who really know how to play.]
You seem very confident in your abilities. [Almost too confident, really, but she doesn't ask anything about it- for a moment, letting it seem like that is all she will comment on the subject, as she laughs lightly at his question. Maybe she'll be entirely happy to turn the subject on herself?]
Oh, yes, quite the experience. You could say I have a soft spot of research, and knowing there were creatures like that outside, I had to see them myself. But as you said, as soon as I ran into one, it was obviously scared and trying to cover it up by preparing to attack me...
[She pauses, for dramatic effect- though entirely knowing it means absolutely nothing to either him or her. They both can see she's there and completely alright, can't they?] It turns out guns are very effective towards supernatural monsters as they are towards people.
How did you get out of the encounters, Mr. Michaelis? With a weapon, too, or... something else? [So much for turning the discussion on herself.]