Ben listens, thinking that "not actively unhappy" is damning with faint praise when it comes to how Ami is doing at the moment. But he doesn't interrupt her, listening as she explains a precipitating event that seems to have led to her current situation. A small furrow forms between Ben's brows. He has read a lot, but nothing much about missing memories or the workings of the human brain. He knows how amnesia and repressed memories and all those things tend to work in novels, but that's not necessarily anything like the truth. ]
That would freak me out. Not knowing. I don't blame you for wanting to find out.
[ He thinks, privately, that there is no 'if' about it - whatever Ami's repressed in her brain can't be anything good, or why would her mind be defending itself from it, or why would anyone want to keep it from her, if there had been an outside influence.
Considering his words a few moments, he asks: ]
Are there any - conditions that make you feel close to remembering? Like, I mean, being in the dark or smelling ... apricots or anything like that? Sensory stuff that might give you a nudge?
[ Hey if something as small as a particular scent or sound is enough to trigger a vivid and terrible flashback (which Ben definitely knows it is), maybe it would be enough to help Ami get access to whatever her brain is hiding from her. ]
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There are just so many of them.Ben listens, thinking that "not actively unhappy" is damning with faint praise when it comes to how Ami is doing at the moment. But he doesn't interrupt her, listening as she explains a precipitating event that seems to have led to her current situation. A small furrow forms between Ben's brows. He has read a lot, but nothing much about missing memories or the workings of the human brain. He knows how amnesia and repressed memories and all those things tend to work in novels, but that's not necessarily anything like the truth. ]
That would freak me out. Not knowing. I don't blame you for wanting to find out.
[ He thinks, privately, that there is no 'if' about it - whatever Ami's repressed in her brain can't be anything good, or why would her mind be defending itself from it, or why would anyone want to keep it from her, if there had been an outside influence.
Considering his words a few moments, he asks: ]
Are there any - conditions that make you feel close to remembering? Like, I mean, being in the dark or smelling ... apricots or anything like that? Sensory stuff that might give you a nudge?
[ Hey if something as small as a particular scent or sound is enough to trigger a vivid and terrible flashback (which Ben definitely knows it is), maybe it would be enough to help Ami get access to whatever her brain is hiding from her. ]