XA are awesome because we are, well on paper at least, doesn't actually change the fact we will take a poke at the 101st or that they'll take a poke at us, if we ever meet, which is unlikely, the 101st seem to stick to the edgeworlds and we're stuck in Liberty, not exactly a recipe for crossing paths.
(basically it's an in joke)
Saint Del is considered a holy healer of diseases of children, but also as a protector of cattle.