"Am I? Was I not annihilated so that not even a trace remained? Did I not appear as if from the ether like a spectre from the mist?" Stellar studied his face for any hint of a lie. He was smiling, enjoying this. He was strutting about without his armour on in full confidence of his security before her. That, more than anything else, gave her pause. There had to be something she was missing. "If your heart beats, do I not hear the blood flowing through your veins from a great distance? While you skulk about, do I not know when you are coming, even in the blackest of nights? Can I not see into your heart and bear witness to the turmoil there? Oh yes, Stellar, I see. I see far more than you could know." He advanced on her slowly. She stumbled back through a lattice fence, knocking the light construction over.