So she was a NEXT after all. There was no quick way to identify one outside of seeing them use their powers, but Barnaby decided to take her word for it. It wasn't the sort of thing a lot of people would lie about back home, and, depending on when they awoke, many people Korra's age and younger were able to master their abilities.
Why no one here seemed to recognize such a widely-used term was still beyond Barnaby, but for now he'd decided to accept it as one of the many strange facets of this place.
"I see," he politely said, not looking the least bit perplexed or doubtful over her answer. Someone using martial arts to control the elements was not out of the realm of possibility. Even if Blue Rose, Dragon Kid, and Fire Emblem didn't necessarily need to use extra body movements to activate their abilities, NEXT powers were vastly diverse.
He wasn't completely sure what she meant by being special, though. Barnaby just assumed there wasn't a large NEXT population where she lived.
"There are people who can do something similar where I come from too, actually," he added. Of course, there were people like that everywhere, but he wasn't going to get outwardly nit-picky over details like that. This girl probably hadn't heard of Stern Bild before, so there wasn't any point to it.
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Why no one here seemed to recognize such a widely-used term was still beyond Barnaby, but for now he'd decided to accept it as one of the many strange facets of this place.
"I see," he politely said, not looking the least bit perplexed or doubtful over her answer. Someone using martial arts to control the elements was not out of the realm of possibility. Even if Blue Rose, Dragon Kid, and Fire Emblem didn't necessarily need to use extra body movements to activate their abilities, NEXT powers were vastly diverse.
He wasn't completely sure what she meant by being special, though. Barnaby just assumed there wasn't a large NEXT population where she lived.
"There are people who can do something similar where I come from too, actually," he added. Of course, there were people like that everywhere, but he wasn't going to get outwardly nit-picky over details like that. This girl probably hadn't heard of Stern Bild before, so there wasn't any point to it.