Exactly because BJ wasn't the type to cry a lot, when she did Ryan felt a little tinge of panic. He extended his arms, then lowered them, then extended them again, although he never really hugged BJ anyway. And eventually, his arms were lowered by her momentary stare.
When she yelled out their element he felt Fire stir up inside himself. "Uh," He felt their element reply to BJ's question. "Yeah, yeah it does. He does. But um...he's not really happy about how...flowery you got just now." Ryan gave his sister a hopeful smile. "You're still fire, baby. But we have to figure out what the hell is going on." Narrowing his eyes, Ryan turned his palm up and sighed in relief when fire came from it effortlessly. Whatever was happening to his sister wasn't affecting him, at least. "S'all good." He murmured. But it wasn't, because BJ was freaking out and making plants grow.