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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.]

Yes?

[ did he have something to say to her? ]

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

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

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.

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

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?

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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.

...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.

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?!

I was a detective.

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.]

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

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.

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

Yeah, that's true. [But more importantly....] Can one of those skills be getting us unstuck?

One would hope - ah.

[ TIME LIMIT UP, so they can let go ]

...strange.

It was that easy? Just talking about it? I'm never touching candy canes again!

[But what now.... Clearly, it's time to run for his life (not that Kyouko isn't nice!) and be extra sure not to bump into anyone.]

Uh, listen.... Thanks for not cutting my arm off. [How sincere.] But I'm going to get out of here before this happens again, okay?

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