Nita doesn't bat too much of an eye at that - sure, Xander's at least part human, but there's more than one way for beings to come into existence, and species doesn't always have something to do with it-

"It's always more than you expect, when you find out the magic's something you can do," she agrees, nodding.

She makes a wry look. "Glorfindel was talking about mental health resources, earlier..."

It's the first time she's mentioned anything relating to the council in over two days.

As for the peridexis, well, it's certainly flustered! But it's quick to project appreciation for the offer in turn; there's people it hasn't been talking to, too, and not just Nita. /Oath administration does not take on this train, in any case, we've discovered. And it never does well to force a prerequisite to have conversations./

Sometimes silence was the worst thing one could do for one's health, no matter who you were.