"I have some experience. While I would not say I have made a study, I have spent some time on the elemental planes of existence. I will say I have never seen elementals like that take shape like you, which is what earns my curiosity."

If Ariel were a recognizable elemental of some kind or another, or even if they struck Yussa as resembling a genasi, he might have been less intrigued.

"I practice and study the arcane," he adds by way of explanation; whether it means anything to Ariel may reveal more. Or not.