<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ccff">Lucian’s eyes grew wide when the sadness left Alexi and he mentioned the phantom emotions, before smiling and pulling him back close to him. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4da6ff">“Guilty as charged. That was how I was able to describe what she was feeling to you. It seems to be a residual effect from the ritual, as the place in my mind where you guys come through is frozen at the moment the ritual circle broke.”</span>