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[evidentiary]

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That would be way more inconvenient, it's true...ah, sorry, who are you?

[akatatai]

Oh, sorry. I guess it would help to know who you're stuck to! I'm Izumi. Nice to meet you.

....Kind of. I mean, it is, but not like this.

[evidentiary]

Kyouko Kirigiri. I think there's a drinking fountain just over there...

[akatatai]

Kyouko?

[Wait, that's.... There's something about that name....

Don't mind him stopping in his tracks, even if it means that he's clearly one step closer to getting his hand amputated.]

[evidentiary]

Yes?

[ did he have something to say to her? ]

[akatatai]

No, I.... Sorry. I just remembered someone with that name, that's all.

[evidentiary]

Ah...so it was one of those "memories". In that case, I won't ask...but they are rather disorienting, aren't they?

[akatatai]

Well, it wasn't anything too significant, but it still came out of nowhere. It's my first one, though, so now I get what everyone means when they say it's weird.

[evidentiary]

Your very first...? I think I'm honored. [ SHE'S NOT... ] But it rather is very convincing, isn't it?

[akatatai]

Oh, it's nothing!

[HE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS????]

But I know what you mean. Nothing in that memory was familiar, but it really felt like I was remembering something I'd seen before, you know?

[evidentiary]

Like it was just something you forgot, and then it came back to you...it really is disorienting.

[akatatai]

Yeah, just like that. Have you gotten a lot of memories? I don't think there's any way to prepare for them.

[evidentiary]

Hm...a fair amount? A few dozen. It doesn't get any less surprising, but you get better at hiding it.

[akatatai]

That many?!

[For whatever reason, he wasn't expecting a number like that.]

Is it like piecing together parts of a puzzle? It seems weird, getting like.... memory snapshots of someone else's life. Except that someone else is apparently also you.

[evidentiary]

It's actually exactly like piecing together parts of a puzzle...only you don't have all the pieces.

[akatatai]

It sounds frustrating, though. 'Cause you can't make the other pieces appear.

[evidentiary]

Correct...while it is possible to trigger things, it's not as exact a science as it would need to be to be of use...

[akatatai]

Yeah, that's the problem. My friend and I tried to say a bunch of words that could trigger memories, but nothing happened. Maybe we just didn't say enough.

[evidentiary]

...I don't think it's about words. Rather, it's about situations and certain conversations...? For example, if I were to go around discussing murders, I'd have better luck than saying random words, I think.

[akatatai]

Huh.... So just because I said "high school" and nothing happened doesn't mean that I wasn't in high school? I guess that'd be too easy. Or--

[Wait, it's finally clicking. Watch him jump back like a loser.]

M-Murders?!

[evidentiary]

I was a detective.

[akatatai]

What?! That's really cool, but also.... that kind of stuff really freaks me out. I could never do it!

[Not like he'd have a choice if he started remembering things, but hey.]

[evidentiary]

...I suppose it's freaky...? Death has never exactly "freaked me out", I suppose.

[akatatai]

No offense, then, but I'm glad it's you and not me. It's cool and all, but I'd scream and run from a crime scene for sure.

[evidentiary]

That's fair. To each their own...? Rather, the world needs all sorts of skills.