<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ccff99">Ayla nodded, setting her plate down as well as resting her head back on the chair, relaxing her shoulders, letting her hands rest at her sides as she took several slow breaths to steady herself, used to her daily meditations.</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ffcc">Alexi too sat back in the chair, having joined her lately while meditating. The two both turned their attention to the connection between them, reaching through it to feel each other's presence, feeling the other there, but not, at the same time. It was like standing at opposite ends of a bridge, trying to read the features on each other's faces. And yet… there was potential there. Something more. Something they were missing.</span>