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Tim is once more settled into his Answer Man role. It's one of those things he does well.

Well, only one of the things. Thats why, in addition to his sign,("WELCOME TO MILLIWAYS. DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? LET ME HELP YOU OUT.")) he also has rather large tome in his hands. The title is unreadable, the binding is leathery, and the paper is rather old.

Just another day of light reading.

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"I honestly don't know."

He sighs.

"It might be. Probably not."

Her brow wrinkles. "I don't understand..."

He closes his book.

"Neither do I."

"ano... What were you hoping to find out?"

"Anything. I know so little about myself, my powers... and I know less every day."

Fading godlike memory.

"Less?" She frowns. "I thought people learned each day..."

"I'm no longer as powerful as I was. I'm losing a lot of the memories that I just can't hold."

"Ara ara! That's very bad indeed!" She moves closer.

"Ano... if you like, I could record them for you, in text form. Do you think that might help you?"

Tim bites his lip.

"Think of the most memory you could hold. Times it by itself. Thats still not enough memory to hold on to everthing."

Her face falls. "oh... I see..."

Looking down at her hands, she adds, "I'm sorry I can't help..."

He takes her hands.

'Thank you for trying. But maybe it's better I forget somethings."

Blush.

"s-so desu ne?"

A shake of his head.

"I don't understand."

She pulls her hands back, pretending to fix her hair.

"ara, gomen na-- I apologise... I- it is a good thing, to forget things?"

He glances towards the staff wing. And a room he hasn't been in since he's been back.

"Yeh, sometimes I think so. It lessens the pain."

"Do you think so?"

She thinks about her own missing chunk of memory.

"Is that how it always is, with memories?"

He nods.

"Sometimes. There are very few absolutes."

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