Harlequin’s hands looked delicate as he took the Heart, but their appearance belied a hidden strength. Ryan knew that Harlequin had the ability to mask his aura, to disguise the extent of his power and mastery of magic and other things. The elf seemed to have dispensed with masking, however , because what Ryan saw as he used his astral perception to look at Harlequin was a complex and nearly incomprehensible creature.