[The reference goes totally over his head, but he's not going to admit that, especially not when there's a compliment to focus on.]

That is an elemental, it's pretty rad, thanks for noticing.

[Not a spell he uses all that often, since he'd rather just blow shit up himself, but it's useful if he wants to take a break from fighting.]

And uh, unless I've abruptly gone fucking colorblind, which - unlikely, you're wearing red too. Also, robot, so you look a hell of a lot more like our asshole friends than I do in my swish as fuck robes.