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“Xander,” he said, shuffling the papers on his table in order to hide some of his research. Normally he’d be doing it at home ,but he was researching meta humans and he couldn’t seem to make any leeway, let alone begin to understand them understand him he’d been hoping a change of scenery would help. He reached out a hand for the other to shake, british accent lilting with his next words. “It’s a pleasure to meet you,” he murmered with a shy smile. The tecnopath moved his papers to the other side of the table as he picked up his cup of coffee.

“Nice to meet you as well,” He grinned before shaking the man’s hand. “May I ask what you’re working on?” The man asked, cocking his head to the side as he sipped his latte. Cisco always liked to ask people what their passions were, and he assumed if someone was working on something outside of an office, it had to be either very important to them or they were passionate about it, or both. 

It was one way the man could get an insight into people without vibing – he hadn’t yet mastered his powers just yet.