<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#bfbfbf">She smiled, glad that she had figured out the mystery. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#808080">“I was a colleague of hers while she was still active in Simic. All of the Diviners there work together, so I talked with her a decent bit. She had a brilliant mind, youngest person to graduate the fifth circle of Divination ever.”</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#bfbfbf"> She then took in what he had actually said and heard the ‘was’. Her face dropped, and the scales around her eyes dulled a little bit. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#808080">“I’m sorry to hear that she had passed. When she dropped off the face of the earth we tried to find her, but to no avail.”</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#bfbfbf"> She tried to fake cheerfulness, but the scales were still dulled. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#808080"> “Still, it was a pleasure to meet you, and I wish you well on your studies.”</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#bfbfbf"> She said the rest of her goodbyes and headed out the door, preparing to spread the news about the twin’s mother when she got back.</span><br/><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ccff">At this point Lucian looked at the slowly fading party, around them, and gave Nel a satisfied look.</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4da6ff">“I think we should probably head back home soon too. It’s been a long night, and I know I just want to curl up in bed, preferably around something warm , and pass out. Thank you for the invitation my friend. It has been a blast, as always.”</span>