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...Wait, Culexus can do that?
"What, this?" Yuma looks up at you, her visor reflecting your own confused face, just as she gestures with the now fully-repaired teacup. "Oh, this is pretty easy, actually. See, the suit--"
No, no, not that. The thing about making people forget. Culexus can do that at will? ...And can it be done in reverse, make people remember stuff they've forgotten somehow?
The Culexus is silent for a few moments, before shaking her head. "...No, Warmaster. We can only erase memories, and only the ones that qualify as short-term memory. Nothing beyond two, maybe three minutes. Anything more than that, you're risking damaging the person's ability to retain memories, not to mention irrepairable brain damage. Memory restoration..." Another moment of silence, telegraphed by the subtle click of Yuma's speaker switching off due to inactivity. "...well, Miss Malal probably would've been able to do something like that. She was the best of us, after all."
Hnh. Well. That's something to know, you guess. You thank her for the information.
"...Miss Malal didn't make you forget, you know." Once again, Yuma seems to read your mind, here, the vox-corruption in her voice not quite robbing the defensive tone in her words. "She HATED wiping someone's memories, even if it was just to make someone forget something traumatic, like seeing their best friend turn into a Witch right in front of them. She always said memories, good or bad, helped make someone become the person they were meant to be - and just removing them for convenience's sake is disrespecting not only the memory, but the person the memory belongs to."
You frown, here. You didn't even say anything! You're just trying to figure out what's been fucking with your memory, that's all. You're not accusing anyone here, just trying to find out what could've happened--
"And I'm saying you're wrong. Miss Malal couldn't have made you forget. It's just not like her."
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