<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ffcc">Alexi blinked at the sharp look he’d been given, more concerned that the master vampire had somehow figured out that they could communicate telepathically than anything else. That was the one thing they’d agreed to keep secret for as long as possible, even with the little deal they’d struck with him. It was something even their father hadn’t been aware of. </span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ccff99">Ayla nodded as he explained the purpose of the space, both for holding others, and to test out new wards. She completely missed the look he gave her brother, though she did hear the words he spoke, and the admonishment in his voice. Blinking, she tried momentarily to think of the best way to ask the question. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#a6ff4d">“I was simply wondering if your statement about the Firemind was from experience, or mere conjecture.”</span><br/><br/><i><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#a6ff4d">&lt;see? I can talk pretty when I want to.&gt;</span><br/>
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<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4dffa6">&lt;That's not….ugh….&gt;</span></i>