[It's not the first time he's confused someone with the way he speaks, but it's different this time. His extensive vocabulary isn't what did it, so it seems like wherever this person hailed from didn't have the same vocabulary for certain words.[

What do you call the thing that gives you elemental abilities?

[Xingqiu is ready to go down the rabbit hole of questioning but Ain answers his question quick enough that he doesn't spiral down that path toward an inquisition. He takes Ain's hand to help him over the large stone pillar, but he's still contemplating their situation as they are finally out of the snowstorm with some amount of shelter.]

I understand. I don't have immunity to cold, in fact I'm particularly susceptible to frost. I'm not sure why I'm not troubled by the cold right now, either...