Jessica is so not a spelunker. (Jessica is so not anything that requires a lot of physical activity.) However, she's hesitating at the threshold for another reason: given what she's heard about the cave ladies, she doesn't want to go barging in rudely. Even if she weren't generally polite, that'd just mess up the whole reason for being there.

So, she shines her flashlight into the depths, and calls out: "Hello? We were told we should come to do some, um, diplomacy. Does anyone mind if we go in?"

To her caving-buddy, she adds, "I really hope this doesn't get messy."