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Cynoc was a little stunned still from what had happened before he came over here. Now there was this to add on to it. On top of that too, another person had shown up. He quickly put a lock on his power so he wouldn't be overwhelmed again. Now he just had to collect himself yet again.

OK so the girl had surprised him. There was something different about her emotions, and he couldn't figure out what it was. She hadn't acted or seemed like she was lost, though a quick probe told him that was still at the forefront of what she was feeling, so that was normal enough. Then there was this guy, Alan. A quick probe showed friendliness and a little hesitation coupled with concern. Things were on the verge of overwhelming since he hadn't had any time to recover since the almost fight, but he should be able to deal with this. He took a deep breath and let it out slowly.

"Hello, my name is Cynoc. Pleased to meet you, Alan" Cynoc tried to force a smile, but couldn't do it. He reached out and shook Alan's hand. "There, that's not so bad," Cynoc thought to himself. He withdrew his hand a little quickly, trying to appear meek, which he actually felt. He allowed his sense to spread around him a little again, hoping their positive emotions could rub off on him.

He stood up then, brushing himself off. "Thanks for the concern, but I'm fine now. Really, I'll be alright." Cynoc was able to force the smile this time, though it was small. His eyes still betrayed his sadness, that was one thing even he could never force. He turned to face the girl, trying to force the smile to stay in place as he considered her odd feeling emotions again. "And thank you, too. I'm ok now though. I can take those if you want, since it's my fault they fell. I pretty much have the library memorized by now. And did you need help with something? You feel... lost." The smiled slipped a little as he lost concentration to those odd emotions jumbled up inside of her.