There was a moment when Melinda just stared at the figure sitting on the throne with her hands on her hips and then she opened her mouth and said a single word,
"No,"
Her tone was normal and not exactly defiant but its intention was clearly disrespectful nonetheless.
"What... Did you say?" the figure asked in its booming voice to which Melinda steeled her nerves as she said,
"I said No. I want to make contact with the network and if I say that's what I want, you have no right to stop me."
"Do you have any idea to whom you are speaking?" the Figure asked Melinda who shrugged,
"A pompous faceless elitist?" she asked to which the entire region shook as it seemed the figure stirred even though it did not appear to have made the slightest of movement.
"I am the guardian of all life force. By me, divinity grants immortality. I am the sentience of the Ordinance of Life itself and my existence surpasses that of the Primevals themselves.