Episode 3: The Ripple Effect ​Series: Borrowed Time ​The second morning arrived with a cruel clarity. Elias didn't need to check his pulse to know he was thriving. He felt a terrifying vitality coursing through him, an energy so potent it felt like it might burst through his skin.​He stood before the mirror again. His face was still a sallow mask of his former illness—sunken eyes and paper-thin skin—but his clothing had shifted into an extravagant, midnight-blue velvet smoking jacket with silk lapels. Beneath it, he wore a crisp, high-collared shirt that felt like it was woven from the clouds. His