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'Course ya can.

Did you hate talking to me? After I lost my memory. Like...you were super nice about it and everything, but it couldn't have felt great to be around someone who didn't remember knowing you.

[he tilts his head a little]

It didn't feel too great at first, but I didn't hate it. To be honest with ya, s'kinda like we just picked up where it left off.

Seriously? That doesn't sound too terrible.

Seriously, I was just startin' to get to know ya before it happened. You'd been by a couple of times for extra help, so I knew ya a bit better than most of my students. But it wasn't anythin' close to how it is now.

I'd kind of...someone I care about a lot lost his memories during the carnival. It was just a dumb temporary thing. But he said some stuff that really sucked? It wasn't his fault, obviously, like, I wasn't mad about it. He literally didn't know me.

But it got me wondering what it was like for the people around me, you know? Especially since mine wasn't a dumb temporary thing. I sort of started thinking maybe that's why my folks never showed up when you asked around. Maybe I would've been too hard to be around, you know?

Ah . . . was it Hyacinth? 'Cuz I spoke to him a lil' too.

I don't think it would've been too hard, but - is there anyone here who knew ya well before it happened?

Yeah, Cinth. He had one of those masks from some booth, and it turned him into a real dick on top of that.

[ affectionately ]

Nah, you're the closest I've ever found. On the boat or before.

He did seem more bratty than usual.

[also affectionately. And then, in the same light tone]

So then, I can speak for everyone when I say it wasn't hard at all ta be 'round ya, since I'm the only one.