Normally, Martina wouldn't push into people's minds, but normally, she wouldn't end up in an outdoor clearing when she tried to walk into her kitchen. So she pressed at his mind.

Skilled, certainly Skilled, but there was something... unusual there. Not like any shields she'd encountered before. All of what she could sense in his mind was different than any Skilled person she'd encountered before.

"Hello," she replied. "You seem to have arrived the same way I did."