<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ccff99">For the first time since he had gotten here, a smile danced across the girl’s face, though she said nothing. It was as if she hadn’t dared to congratulate herself, for fear he’d find some fatal flaw in what she’d done.  Ayla turned her attention to both of the orbs, doing her best to mirror his actions with her own, usually a second or two behind. </span>