Anna nodded and swiftly wrote her order down; it was simple enough. "Alrighty, we'll have yer orders ready in just a lil' bit. Y'all sit tight, okay?" She gave them both a smile before walking off to relay their order to the kitchen staff. Meanwhile, Jeremy was still astonished that Rena knew so much about the game, even things he didn't know himself. He quietly listened to her advice, nodding here and there to show his interest.
Jeremy was too focused on her talking to notice her reaching for him, but the slap on the back certainly came as a surprise, since more physical contact among friends was a very foreign idea to him. He flinched out of confusion, but chalked it up as "Rena being Rena" upon her compliment and smile shortly after. He returned the smile; he was enjoying himself too, something quite rare when compared to some of the rumors floating around campus. "Well, smart or not, I appreciate the advice," he started, shifting in his stool to find some comfort. He was more of a booth guy anyway.
"As for your mage build, I have a feeling you'll try to hug the destruction and restoration trees. Don't be afraid to branch out a little, especially into the alteration and conjuration branches. Magicka is your stamina. If you feel confident or reckless enough, you could go for a glass cannon setup and invest most of your points into Magicka, blasting spells from a distance or letting your conjured minions do your bidding, but I'd still recommend building health and magicka fairly evenly. Restoration's still good for restoring chunks of health on cast if you level it up enough, and I'd still suggest the Apocalypse magic mod and the Spell Crafting one. Jeremy figured she'd need some level of guidance as well, but perhaps not too much. "You seem to be pretty smart yourself, so I'm sure you can figure out how to best play your mage. I also think you'll come to appreciate watching your enemies fly off into the horizon in a huge explosion," he admitted with a chuckle.
Rena certainly liked to talk a lot, but Jeremy felt at ease now that he knew they had some strong common ground. He really never met anyone like her before, and maybe he she'd help him clear up any misconceptions he had of the social world. Maybe, according to Jeremy, starting this warrior build was a symbol, albeit a lame one, for branching out himself and trying new things. All this taken from a talk about video games, something he was ashamed to even mention before now. If only he could afford to tell her about his actual magical prowess.