<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ff99">Ayla was much more relaxed, slipping her arm around her brother’s waist comfortably as they walked. The two were rarely ever seen apart, even in their previous lives. So much so that nasty rumors had been spread about them when they were students at the academy. And while they were unfounded and purely malicious, both siblings friendships had suffered for it. They were most comfortable around each other, and there wasn’t much more to it than that. She looked up when Lucian caught back up to them, distracted by the conversation that she and her brother had been having in their own heads about various things that they saw.</span><br/><i><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#a6ff4d">&lt;out loud I suppose.&gt;</span></i><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ffcc">Alexi smiled when Lucian caught up to them, glancing back at him. Reluctantly pulling away from his sister so Lucian could be part of the conversation as well.</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4dffa6"> “Well knowing my sister, she’s probably sniffing out the best book sto--- ow!” </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ffcc">Ayla had jammed her elbow into his ribs as they pulled apart, mostly playfully, of course.</span>