mortal being

“The amount of the splendor that Adiah absorbed at my brother’s behest was unnatural; no god should have been able to absorb it, let alone a mortal being. The power has preserved Adiah, allowing her to live well past a human's normal years,” she said.

With Colorado unable to contain him in man coverage, London led one USC scoring drive on his own, reeling in an errant deep ball from 29 yards, a high-flying jump ball from 28 yards, and then a one-handed, back-shoulder grab in the corner of the end zone that no mortal being should’ve been able to corral.

He denounces his status as a mortal being and goes on to encourage whoever’s listening to do the same if that’s what they want to do.

You know things are not going to go well for Bill when he breezes past the airport’s security logjam, smugly content that he’s not a “mere mortal” being forced to go through the metal detectors in his socks.

And if so, can a mortal being unlock the “revelations of this higher world”?