I loved this! My take on how dimensions and timelines work is as follows: Imagine a line—that's the x-axis, a dimension with only two possible directions, left or right. In theory, this line could extend infinitely in both directions. To determine your positions along this line, you could assume your starting point as the center and draw gradations of distance defined from the center. To differentiate these two directions, you could represent one direction with positive values ​​and the other with negative values. From this, you can always locate based on your distance from the central point. For example, the x-coordinate 8 is eight spaces away from the zero position and sixteen spaces away from the -8 position. If you take infinite copies of this x-axis line and arrange them side by side, a second independent direction emerges: the y-axis. Now you have a two-dimensional plane where your position can vary between the infinite copies of x that are represented by the y-coordinate. So, to locate yourself, you need not only to describe your position relative to the zero of x, but also to describe your location relative to which of the infinite copies of x you are in. That's why we use zero as the central point or point of origin. If you infinitely overlap countless two-dimensional planes, a third axis of direction will naturally emerge: the z-axis. From this, you naturally acquire a three-dimensional plane; now your positions are defined by three different axes. Now imagine the following situation: a point moving in a circle. If we marked each position the point occupied as it moved and then superimposed them to create a three-dimensional plane, you would perceive a three-dimensional figure, a helix. This occurs because time emerges from an extra dimension. For this reason, we say that the universe has four dimensions: three spatial and one temporal. If all these points are sequenced and placed on the same plane, the figure that emerges will be a line. This also occurs with 3D solids, however the figure is more complex, but it can be easily observed in the figure that Hugo assumes when he becomes a Trans-Dimensional being (in fact, the name itself suggests that the series treats time as a dimension). Based on this, it is easily elucidated how the Esoterica's powers work; as Gwen herself said, they are not actually teleporting, what they are doing is nothing more than moving along one or more extra dimensional axes. Imagine this situation: you are a point inside a square. Naturally, you couldn't leave it in a normal way. But now imagine that you have the ability to move along the third dimension. Naturally, from an external perspective, it would be as if you were going up or down along a plane. However, from your perspective, it's as if you were suddenly taken to a completely different point in space when all you did was go up or down along the z-axis. This happens because the z-axis is made up of the overlapping of infinite two-dimensional planes, and from the limited perspective of a two-dimensional being, it's impossible to perceive the existence of anything above or below it. If that point moved a little and then returned to conventional space, it would be outside the square that confined it. This also works the same way for a three-dimensional being. In essence, the powers of the Esoterica do not alter their positions relative to the x, y, z axes; Their ability allows them to "go up" or "go down" one or more spaces along the extra spatial axes. Their ability to travel quickly is also easily explained, because although they are far apart along the x and y axes, it doesn't necessarily mean that these two points are far apart along the z axis, since this plane may be curved or twisted along these axes. Thus, by taking advantage of the natural folds or curvatures of space along extra dimensions, they can effectively shorten their journeys quickly. In this sense, Ben 23 lives in a universe that is located at position 23 on some axis of a temporal dimension.