“Ha. Well, you’re probably right about that,” Ilsa laughed. “Xvim tried to explain how the time loop worked when he was trying to convince me to accept a mysterious soul marker from my two teenage students. I confess I didn’t pay too much attention to it, since the whole idea was so ridiculous. I’d have probably been even less interested in what you and Zach had to say.”
Well, at least she was honest.
“Do you want me to explain now?” Zorian asked.
“No,” she said immediately. “I don’t think I could pay attention well enough at the moment. I’m still rather disturbed at reliving the same month all over again. You said this has been happening for a while now?”
“Yes. The time loop has repeated itself many, many times,” Zorian said. “This is just your first time remembering it.”
“So, b
