"I'm glad that you're part of a family of geniuses. It would be too bad if you had a title like 'Brain'iac and weren't very intelligent after all." Xelloss answered with a fairly straight face. "If you have experience in advanced technology, then maybe you'll have an advantage in getting control of the advanced technology the Head Doctor here must have used to bring us to this place! That'll be convenient, too. I'll be sure to keep your name in mind the next time I come across something that seems like technology."

The few things that were more advanced than home were just technological substitutes for tasks that would be done normally with magic by humans, so far as he'd seen. That was for inside the barrier, of course; the outer world lagged behind a bit on both magic and technology. Still, there was always the off chance that Xelloss really would be faced with something more complex than the flashlights or the radio, and as much as he tended to lean towards the belief that this place had a magical foundation, it would be nice to be sure of someone to contact about advanced non-magical machines.

"I'm not priestly?" He feigned disappointment for a moment. "But, you don't know what sort of priest I am, so how could you know what's normal for priests like me? I might be a little strange compared to some priests. I think if someone had asked me what a Brainiac should be like before I met you, I might not have predicted someone like yourself."