"Don't call me that?!" Benjamin snapped back immediately, his composure cracking as he jabbed an accusatory finger directly at her.
His blue eyes blazed with indignation at the label, as if the mere suggestion offended his very sensibilities. "If anyone here deserves that title, it's you! How are you able to track me when I teleport to your position? That should be impossible: since no normal person can sense me when I teleport or appear in the first few seconds after my arrival. The logic of the ability is supposed to be undetectable, and yet you've countered it multiple times now. So I have to ask..."
His tone shifted, becoming more serious and probing. "Marina, you can enter the Higher Realm, can't you? That's the only explanation that makes any sense."
"Hmph!" Marina threw her hair backward with an exaggerated flourish, the auburn strands catching the light as they cascaded over her shoulder.
