The room fell silent for a while.
After a long moment, Edward forced a slight smile. "Why don't we leave it at that for now? Losing a few days of memories doesn't affect me all that much anyway. Once I go to Audrey's world... perhaps I can ask some powerful people for help."
"No."
Dumbledore shook his head solemnly. "The most important thing now is to find out how you lost your memories. Aren't you worried this could happen again?"
Edward's fingers tightened. "I... asked Mr. Grindelwald about it last time. When he mentioned the side effects of abusing Dark Magic, he said it could cause memory deterioration. Perhaps I've used too much Dark Magic lately?"
"Memory deterioration and losing your memories completely are two different things."
Dumbledore clasped his hands and thought for half a minute, then hesitantly opened a drawer and took out a small, gleaming golden timer.
"Scrimgeour found this in Cornelius's office when the Ministry of Magic took him into custody a few days ago."
Edward's eyes lit up. A Time-Turner!
He hadn't forgotten how much help the previous one had been against Ince Zangwill.
That was why, when he had gone to the Ministry of Magic to impersonate Voldemort and frighten Fudge last time, he had intended to pick up a few while he was there. But Umbridge had moved all the Time-Turners beforehand, only for a group of Dark Warlocks to steal them.
Edward had thought he would never see one again.
"Perhaps you could use it to return to five days ago and see for yourself exactly what happened," Dumbledore continued. "But I must remind you once again: those who toy with time will ultimately be toyed with by time."
He added with a serious expression, "The moment you use a Time-Turner, you