[Time to shatter those notions some more.]

Oh-- hello there! [She straightens and gives him a polite smile.] And I mean this.

[She flicks her wrist and holds her palm out, and the barrier emerges in front of her fingertips, like she were pressing them to shimmering red-gold glass.]

I can't do that normally. It's really cool, but I'd prefer to go back to what I had before...