"Oh, so there's different kinds of them! That... makes way more sense than what I was thinking. I kept getting stuck on where the stuff back home would fit in..."

At least he'd calmed down a little, and all it had taken was five seconds of contemplating something other than his own nerves. Presently, he hazarded a lopsided smile. "So what does that make you, the local metaphysics expert or something? Uh, Mister Skullhead?"