How could she not remember? How - no, why did he have these memories she didn't? It doesn't make any sense. They remember each other. They remember certain things up to a point. And then... everything diverges?
"Maybe something in this place did it," he says, finally. Parsing through the theory as he speaks. "It's already messed with my DNA. Memories might be changed the same way."
That doesn't give them a purpose - a motive, though. It probably shows all over his face, the way his eyes darken, expression clouding. Shit, she says. And she's right. This is one hell of a mess. He almost says so, until he catches her eye. He'd have to lack an entire heart not to react to the look on her face.
"Hey. We'll figure it out," he says, instead, putting a hand on her shoulder. He'd love to do more, to do nothing more than embrace her. If it weren't for this revelation... he probably would. "Do more digging and see if anyone else has this weird memory hiccup."
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"Maybe something in this place did it," he says, finally. Parsing through the theory as he speaks. "It's already messed with my DNA. Memories might be changed the same way."
That doesn't give them a purpose - a motive, though. It probably shows all over his face, the way his eyes darken, expression clouding. Shit, she says. And she's right. This is one hell of a mess. He almost says so, until he catches her eye. He'd have to lack an entire heart not to react to the look on her face.
"Hey. We'll figure it out," he says, instead, putting a hand on her shoulder. He'd love to do more, to do nothing more than embrace her. If it weren't for this revelation... he probably would. "Do more digging and see if anyone else has this weird memory hiccup."