Much like some of the emotions he is exuding, that is an awfully human name he gives, though it wouldn't do to draw premature conclusions of course. Perhaps he simply has a similar sort of association with humans as Gabriel does. Ascended, though, that is a designation she has heard before. And he is conveying the same concept attached to it that Rush had told her about; a race of beings that had transformed themselves into a state of pure energy. Fleeing their responsibilities and abandoning all their sentient technology to decay and destruction in the process.

Immediately most of her friendly interest turns cold, her welcome not rescinded but on wary probation. Now that she is looking more closely, one of the myriad fluctuating energy signatures knitted into his being is the same that Rush carries - the faint and unique echo of their home universe. There is very little doubt as to what she is dealing with here. Ancient, she asks to confirm, the singular word/concept tinged with resentment.