“When did you get here?” she whispered, like she hadn’t seen him
before.
“Just now. I erased a few seconds from your memory, which somehow
breaks the Crown’s mental control. Do you know what the Crown looks
like? Is he here?” Yatsuhashi asked urgently.
“I—I can’t …” Velvet started to look around. She was still confused by
the gap in her memory.

After the Fall, p. 156