The sunlight around Nina finally began to fade, and she uncertainly approached Taran El, seemingly still confirming whether the elven scholar had truly "awakened" from his drowsy phantasmal state. After inspecting him up and down several times, she hesitantly spoke, "Mr. El, are you really awake?"
Taran El, however, paid her no attention. He merely furrowed his brow slightly, looking unwell.
This led Nina to wonder if perhaps the recent fireball explosion had been a bit too strong and the great scholar's ears had not yet recovered.
But after a few seconds, Taran El suddenly reacted; he waved his hand frantically at Nina and then rushed to one side, bending over and beginning to heave violently.
Nina was startled, but unsure what to do, she could only move forward to pat the scholar's back. After he seemed to get a bit better, she opened her mouth with both nervousness and embarrassment, "I'm sorry, did the blast stun you…"