At least Elphaba didn't have to explain that further. But people always had an ability to adapt to things one way or another. And really, nothing was surprising her anymore after the things she'd been through and experienced here.
Again, Elphaba blushed a bit. She was still not used to getting such compliments, especially from people she didn't know. A bit of a shy smile curved her lips. "You're welcome. I know how confusing it is to suddenly find yourself where you shouldn't be." And really, Elphaba liked being helpful. There was also the fact she was trying to compensate for having been blackmailed into helping Moriarty, but she'd at least gotten away from him finally.
Conditions causing problems. Oh really, Bruce didn't know how much Elphaba understood that. "Believe me, I understand that better than you may think. I mean, I'm a witch and before I knew how to control my magic, I would inadvertently hurt people with it. My father was embarrassed by it, but also because I'm not normal." Really it was strange to say such things to someone she'd only just met but she felt that Bruce would understand. Which is why she felt she could reveal her little secret to him. "This is not my normal skin color. I use a spell to change it to what people consider normal when I go out in public here."
Elphaba returned the smile and the handshake. "I can take you there, it isn't too far from here, actually. I wouldn't mind doing so." At his question of filtering against evil, she just smiled a bit. "It's kind of self-explanatory once you see the site, but there's basically a place when you're writing your post where you can add filters against people you don't want reading it." When he had that reaction to Moriarty, she nodded. "Yes, him. Though he's not a professor, so he's not exactly as the books described him. But he is no less dangerous. There are also people here who are fictional. Like myself, actually." Though she stopped short of revealing who this world thought she was.
"Oh it is a party, let me tell you," she laughed. "Sometimes it can be hard to keep people straight when they have dopplegangers."