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There was no way that what Ben just witnessed was something a normal human could do. He wasn’t quite sure if the girl had noticed his presence yet, but one way or another he had to figure out how to get her attention without scaring her off.
As far as he knew, there were no warrants out for any arrests on Earth, and there had been no recent reports on any suspicious alien activity -- so chances were, this girl was totally innocently minding her own business and Ben had no professional reasons to figure out what her deal was, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t curious.
Plus, look at who you’re dealing with. Even if Ben suspected this girl was a completely ordinary Earthling, a pretty face like THAT couldn’t keep him away for long.
With the possibility of ‘ordinary’ out of the way, Ben decided that a direct approach might be his best option.
“Now, this might sound like an odd question, but something tells me you’re used to hearing this sort of thing anyway . . . are you, perhaps --” and he used air quotes to emphasize the phrase, “ ‘ not of this world’ ?”