He could absorb quite a bit of the residual magic, but it's literally caked on layers thick, here... and this is just the highest floor, as it seems it settles to the bottom. It was like trying to use a sponge to clean up a lake.<br/><br/>The shadows don't seem to take much notice of him, though he'll notice them capering around him, as well; while they flash over his body, they seem more interested in his shadow, and, strangely enough, whenever they touch his shadow, he can feel it on his skin.