"Eventually," Eli said when Shannon pulled him closer, not expecting him to do that. It really wasn't a big thing now, but it had been an utterly terrifying experience back when he was young and stupid and sixteen. "I gave her a pretty bad shock and even after she got out of the coma, she still had some issues with nerve damage and she never remember exactly what happened to put her into the coma in the first place."

He didn't tell Shannon that Thomas had to come in and start reversing the damage Eli had done personally and made sure the memory of what happened never returned so as to cause trouble for any of the Aspects. If there was one thing Thomas hated more than Nate, it was unexpected complications and that was exactly what that girl had been. Eli didn't want to dwell on the subject and instead tried to switch gears. "Pull up your shirt for me. I want to take those clamps off you now."