<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ffcc">Alexi nodded, feeling concern for him, resting an arm around his waist. He didn’t need to imagine what phantom emotions were like. He and Ayla experienced them all the time, from each other. But at least they knew the source of them. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4dffa6">“I mean… is there something that might be bothering you? That maybe you don’t quite realize it?”</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ffcc"> he asked, trying to be helpful.</span>