<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ccff99">Ayla flailed a little as she started to fall backwards, before realizing that Lucian was taking them down much more gently than her body had been expecting, curling up against him with a hand on his chest. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#a6ff4d">“I know… Logically I know. But Shar Tessa’s right. I can do something perfectly in practice, and even in a situation where my life depends on it. But tests.... I choke. I freeze. I forget what I know…”</span>