Flashback ( PDFDrive )

“You still up for it, Foster?” Keefe asked.
“Pick something quick and easy,” Elwin said when Sophie nodded.
“She’s going to need to rest soon.”
“Done and done! I was already planning to have us start with
telekinesis, since that’s what got Foster all swoony about my skills in
the first place.”
“I didn’t get swoony,” Sophie felt the need to point out.
“Keep telling yourself that, Foster. Keeeeeeeeeep telling yourself
that.”
Sophie glanced at Elwin. “I’m going to regret asking him to teach
me, aren’t I?”
“Oh, that’s a given,” he said, chuckling. “I’ll leave you to it—but
remember, quick and easy.”
“On it!” Keefe said as Elwin ducked back into his office. “Let’s do
this!”
He floated the scrap of knotted bandage into the space between
them and clapped his hands. “Okay, pay attention to what I do.”
The bandage started to spin, moving in wider and wider circles, and
he stretched out his arms and spun around with it, whipping the
bandage so fast it became nothing more than a blur.
“Figure out the secret yet?” he asked, leaning on the nearest cot
like he’d made himself dizzy.
“Um. Not really,” Sophie admitted.
Ro snorted. “Wow. You’re a horrible teacher.”
“Psh, I’m the best,” Keefe insisted. “No boring lectures. And
Foster’ll get it this time—you’ll see.”
He floated the scrap of bandage back toward himself, then set it
back down. “You know what? It’ll be easier to notice with something