"So portals, impending evil, magical powers, and a whole bunch of strangers. I'm suprised I haven't freaked out yet. Never mind - how is nobody freaking out! We are average people! People about to fight a war with a bunch of random strangers, and nobody is even a little freaked out!" The entire weight of the situation finally crashed down, so he started to pace. ' "Why am I so scared. I mean its like it's not even, my own, fear." He went stock still with his realization. "Holy crap. I can feel other people's emotions." And he was back to excitable fanboy. "Sorry. I'm a little overwhelmed. It's actually you and not me. That's why I'm so chatty and so brave and so scared. Because you guys are. So I think I found my place. I'm an empath, I bet if I tried, I could feel when the darkness comes around, and if I really tried I could remember a few combat skills. Also if we are gonna do this we should probably get to know each other. All in favor of a little small talk on the way to the store with library lady?"