Yeah, he's marginally better with metals and stone, I'm better with plants and healing. It's all really aspects of the same power, though, and most Elemental mages learn to be very versatile within the confines of their element.

[Not that that wasn't kind of necessary, but really, Xander realizes that he'd probably bore most people if he nerded out about it too hard. Unlike his twin, who goes Brainy Smurf about such things...

But regarding Nita, he grins.]

Yeah, she's one of the first people I met when I came on! She's nice. And yeah...there is that, but I can't project words. I've got empathy, not telepathy. The one's enough of a pain in the butt as it is. And it weirds people out easily.

[But Xander shrugs. He is who he is, he's done with apologizing for it.]