"There are plenty of ways to conceal those traces. Including cloaking or restricting travel to the far side." He isn't impressed by her posturing, and he stares her right back down, raised chin and all. Evidently still unconvinced.

Whatever her friends might say, time travel makes far less sense, and Ren has no intention of taking a stranger's word for anything in this place that he can't find his own evidence for. Trust isn't something he easily gives.

"You and your friends can chase your wild theories. I intend to look for answers of my own." His own tone is nearly as sharp as hers. He hardly intends to take the word of others over his own experiences and knowledge. He knew nothing about them or their worlds, other than already glaring contrasts presenting themselves.