Flashback ( PDFDrive )

And he did not look happy.
“I’m sorry,” Tam mumbled, pulling away from Linh and stalking to
the corner of the room, hiding in the shadows. “I knew this was a bad
idea.”
“It wasn’t you,” Sophie repeated, forcing herself to stay calm. “It
was the thrashing, right?” she asked Elwin. “I set my recovery back
again?”
She really needed that to be the reason.
But Elwin pulled his glasses off, cleaning the lenses on his tunic
before squinting at her again. “You didn’t thrash. I pinned you as soon
as I saw you move. So everything should be the same. But . . . your
progress has regressed. Not as much as last time—but there shouldn’t
be any change. And I’m assuming you have another headache? And
more pain in your hand?”
She forced herself to nod. “I take it that means you still can’t see it
with your glasses?”
“Of course he can’t,” Lady Zillah jumped in. “The pain isn’t real.
It’s just an echo.”
“Uh, it feels pretty real,” Sophie argued.
“And it responds to medicine,” Edaline added.
“Right—sorry.” Elwin scrambled to hand her another vial of the
same elixir she’d taken earlier.
He also placed a fresh silver cloth over her forehead, and Sophie
closed her eyes, trying to focus on how quickly both remedies made a
difference.
Whatever this was couldn’t be that big of a deal. Not if Elwin could
fix it that quickly.
“May I try something?” Lady Zillah asked.