Valehna's gaze snapped back to Tal when he shifted his tone. She was surprised at how engrossed she had been by the red pillar. "You're probably right," she said. "Something like that is bound to be dangerous. Just look at the color."<br/><br/>She had been about to cross her arms when the lyrium veins pulsed, glowing a brighter shade of their color before very suddenly letting loose an explosion. She reacted quickly, placing a barrier on Tal so that the shards and lyrium energy wouldn't hurt him too badly. She quickly tried to cast another on herself, but didn't manage to get it up on time. None of it physically touched her, but the fumes of the explosion washed over her and she began to cough from breathing in some of it.<br/><br/>She instantly felt strange, as if she were seeing blue all over. The ice, the walls, even Tal was growing a bright, bright blue. She coughed some more, trying to regain proper cognition, but she was only just managing to stay on her feet. She stumbled back a few steps, dazed and wide-eyed.<br/><br/>Mesaraih cracked one eye open when Ester offered him the pillow. He began to reach an arm out to grab it when he heard the rumble of the lyrium explosion in the room. Instinctively, he shot up and scrambled back, bumping the top of his head with Ester's chin in the process.<br/><br/>"Sorry," he mumbled, before quickly striding over to the hole. "What the hell was that, though?"