<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ffcc">Alexi shook his head, before they got over to the stand.</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4dffa6"> “She doesn’t do so well cooped up all the time… I’m honestly surprised she’s managing to stay with us as much as she is…”</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ffcc"> he said softly, with care and a bit of concern in his voice. </span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ccff99">Ayla looked up as they came over, watching the woman twist thin silver wire into leaves around a stem, slowly shaping it into a circle. She stepped closer to the other side of Lucian contentedly, though she remained silent. </span>