Lightbox causing emphasis animations misfire

Hello!
I have a project where objects are emphasized when the user hovers over the object, then dragged to a hotspot and emphasized with shrink when released. This Shrink animation triggers the slide to move on to the next slide.
However, I have a help button that lightboxes a job aide if the user needs help. Once that lightbox is closed, the emphasis animations no longer work, which means the slide will be stuck.
Does anyone have a workaround or anything I should be looking for that would cause this?
Thank you so much!