<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff99ff">Ordenel gave Lucian a wink when he said that Alexi was part of the reason he was so busy lately. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff4dff">“With a cute thing like this around? No wonder you’ve been busy Lucy. You probably can’t keep your hands off of him. But where are my manners? Come in, come in. You are fashionably late as always, so most of the guests are already here.”</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff99ff"> With that he started walking towards the house, leaving them to follow at their own pace.</span><br/><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ccff">Lucian walked Alexi towards the house, leaning down to whisper in his ear as they went. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4da6ff">“He is a little bit excitable but he means well. He also isn’t someone you can lie to at all, has some kind of sixth sense or something. If he wants to know about us, or about you, you have two options. Either, tell him the truth, or tell him to shove off. He won’t be offended, but being around him requires perfect honesty. It’s something that I got used to as a Dimir agent, sometimes it’s easier to tell someone to leave you alone than to make an elaborate lie.”</span>