The wounded expression returned en force at Teresa's snort, albeit with a little more strength behind it.

"I'm not a 'whelp'." Well... strictly speaking he was barely out of childhood by any Kaioshin's standards, but in human terms surely he wasn't that young, was he? "And I can fight, I just never learned the complicated parts before-- well, before my training stopped. Besides," he added, suddenly feeling braver, "I'd bet anything I'm older than you."