It took me a long time to pull myself, groaning, from the tile floor, even longer to help my brother, Nero, shake loose of his own lethargy, his big, blue eyes blinking slowly at me as though he had lost all thought and connection to his mind. When he finally shook off what Cadence's power had done to him, he remained groggy and slow, like me, though I had a feeling he didn't suffer the agony of endless emotion I did. I swayed at his side, clutching him while he clutched at me ...