Anthony frowns and tells Estella, "If you must communicate telepathically, which I understand, use someone else to relay your message verbally. It won't take long to try and extract venom. I also have plans, so I wouldn't offer to do something that would cause me to be late."

Ben replies mentally, [i]"Estella, I'm still going to help you. I just want to find out if I've developed another power."[/i]