Alexander had to fight to suppress a chuckle with the way that Aqua said his name, rolling them all together into an almost unintelligible garble even in her melodic voice.  Still, he bowed and kept a straight face that not even the SHIELD operatives could have seen through.  The trick to being as successful as he was, one of them anyway, was to never let your opponents know just what was on your mind, and looking at a person's face revealed much if you knew where to look.  "Just call me Alex please.  Aqua Vitae is Latin for 'Water of Life', a fitting name for a woman such as yourself.  As for the word you were unable to find, the technical name for such a skill is telepathy.  I didn't think I'd ever meet another lifeform that had such a power.  Your brain must have evolved quite a bit to make such a thing possible, Ether was it?  As for the suit, I did indeed, with the help of many like myself, make cold fusion a reality.  However, I simply made it much smaller.  This thing is clean, one hundred percent, and thus poses no threat to me or the environment either or those I come into contact with.  I would be happy to share this technology with your people if you would not be against making an alliance or two with my people back home.  If you're truly friendly, I see no reason why there couldn't be such a truce.  Anyway, I get ahead of myself.  You both and myself seem to have the same problem at the moment."<br/><br/>He then went into detail about what had happened to the crew that he had been accompaning to check out the strange signals out in deep space and what he had had to do to get out of there.  It was obvious he was still a little shook up about it despite not really LIKING those that worked in SHIELD since they had their noses in everything, but life, human or otherwise, was invaluable to Alex's eyes, and unlike Tony Stark who had started out as a merchant of death, Alex made it a point to sell weapons and defensive systems only to the U.S. and he made damn sure he knew where all of his money was coming from.  There was no back door deals going on, that was for sure, at least none that he was aware of, and when it came to his company he was 'God' so to speak....almost.  He was only human he knew, but Alex had lines into every cell phone and every computer thanks to his own network, and most of his employees didn't have a clue.  If he suspected anyone of dirty dealing, they went home with a small check and a warrant for their arrest out on the same day.  Coming back to the present, he turned to Aqua and his helmet deactivated, revealing the man underneath to them both.  "Sorry, helmet activated on its own when you two appeared.  Anyway, if you want aid in repairing your ship, I might be able to lend a hand."