He didn't need to use any of his powers to know that he had actually felt the momentary fire that connected them and instinctively seemed to scream mutant at them both, didn't really need to ask the question before, but always felt the need to because he wanted to know if this happened with everyone he made contact with. So far, that seemed to be the case and Felix placed his hands on the counter, fingers splayed out as if to stretch them and remove whatever lingered of the sensation.

"That was letting us know that you and I are alike, that we are both mutants," Felix said with an ease that made it obvious that he had done this before many times in the past. Maybe not the same words, but definitely the same point that he wanted to get across to his fellow mutants. "I know there aren't a lot of our kind around here. Have you ever met another one before or is this your first time?"