Zee can't tell actually if she's being mocked or if this woman just happens to have the same reflexes in a defense situation as Zatanna does in an offensive position. But all the same, the woman steps back.

"America," she says. "It's English, it's just spells." She shrugs. It is what it is. But it worked. "Nrut dnuora dna og kcab," she tries under her breath, just to test the theory. Just in case the step back the other woman had taken was to protect herself and not because Zatanna's magic is actually working again.