"Aren't we all?" Raine rejoined, one corner of her mouth quirking up in the barest of amused gestures. She aimed again, flung, this time was fast enough to side-step the reflection. She considered the barrier, then the stone at her feet, then finally her new companion. "Would you concur that the velocity is roughly halved on its rebound?"

She didn't push the lack of an introduction. Experimenting took precedence, for now.