[ Xander offers a familiar huff of laughter in return]

I'm not known as an easy man to get along with at the best of times, I know. I hope this other me didn't do anything too insulting to cause the rift between you.

[ And well, other then the ears and the less blood brown and more cherry red tint to this eyes, there was something different about this Xander. He seems more... aware. Less tangled in his own depression and grief to the point of being blind to other around him.

He looks happier- and while he still has a scowl only a mother would love, it's a tiny bit more approachable and less dead-eyed]