Flashback ( PDFDrive )

—and that stuff is horrible, by the way. It felt like my brain was
barfing glitter.”
“I know. I’m surprised Keefe’s never slipped any to Ro.”
“Maybe he’s saving it for a special occasion,” Fitz suggested.
“Or he’s worried the sparkle overload will break her. But I think I
sidetracked us. You said you found something?”
“No—I figured something out!” He paused, almost like he was
waiting for a drumroll before he said, “I know how we can still do
some Cognate training!”
“Oh. Wow. That’s . . . great.”
Her excitement definitely needed some work.
“I don’t mean a trust exercise,” he promised. “I know those are still
off the table. But I realized we’ve been forgetting the basics.
Remember when we first started training? Tiergan said Cognates need
trust and balance—and he had us do stuff to try to get my telepathy
closer to your level. But your ability still runs circles around mine. And
you’re an Enhancer now, which I’m sure changes things. So I think we
should make that our project—working on basic telepathy skills, both
with and without your enhancing, trying to get our ability levels more
even. I know that’ll benefit me more than it’ll benefit you, but . . . it
gives us something to do, right? And it’s all simple stuff that won’t be
too exhausting, so I doubt Elwin will freak out about it.”
“I wouldn’t count on that!” Elwin called from his office.
“Aw, come on!” Fitz shouted back. “The first thing I want us to try
is something Sophie’s already doing anyway!”
“I am?” she asked.
“I think so. Don’t you check on Silveny and Greyfell every day?”
Shame prickled her cheeks. “I’m . . . supposed to.”