Ba'al should not be surprised, and he gave a mental sigh as two of the flying ones left to go over the forest, rendering their help less than useful due to obstructed sight, and he was left with Sorin as he headed up the rocky path towards the mountain in the distance. He held his zat at the ready, scanning the area for ambushes, predators, or other unsavory things, showing more caution than he would have normally since he didn't have a personal shield or a Sarcophagus handy to prevent or heal damage. so caution was the name of the game.

He looked back to Sorin as the man...vampire, inquired as to his opinion on their whole situation. Well now, there were several ways he could answer that, but he chose the one that seemed to be closest to the truth.

"Not particularly," he replied with a shrug. "Where I come from we confirmed the existence of alternate realities a long time ago. Certainly none as radically different as those these other competitors seem to come from, but given the sheer amount of alternate realities involved, it's understandable. Indeed, the Ancients created a device to allow easy travel to and from alternate realities before they ascended, but I have no had the opportunity to use one." So that was his piece. Time to see how Sorin reacted.